The Veteran's appeals for increased evaluations of her service-connected osteoarthritis of the right and left knees, as well as GERD, are remanded due to insufficient evidence or procedural issues.
The deciding factor: There is a need for additional development and evaluation of the Veteran’s knee conditions and GERD.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Left foot onychomycosis"}, {"condition_name":"Osteoarthritis of the right knee","status":"Excessively high evaluation requested (in excess of 10 percent prior to October 27, 2014, and in excess of 30 percent from December 1, 2015, to present)"}, {"condition_name":"Osteoarthritis of the left knee","status":"Excessively high evaluation requested (in excess of 10 percent prior to July 21, 2014, and in excess of 30 percent from September 1, 2015, to present)"}, {"condition_name":"Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19191655
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
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