The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the relationship between the Veteran's right knee condition and his service-connected right ankle sprain.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion was incomplete, without enough specificity to be probative on the matter of secondary service connection. The private medical opinion did not provide an opinion regarding the etiology/onset of the Veteran’s right knee medial meniscus tear prior to giving a nexus statement.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee medial meniscus tear
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19193579
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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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