The Veteran's left knee disorder is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining an addendum VA medical opinion to address the nature and severity of her left knee diagnoses and whether it is at least as likely as not that her left knee disorder is proximately due to or aggravated by her service-connected acquired psychiatric disability and/or right knee disorder.
The deciding factor: The remand is required because the June 2019 VA addendum medical opinion did not address the Veteran's weight gain in relation to her left knee disorder, as instructed in the May 2018 Board decision.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19192763
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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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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