The Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral leg condition has been reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The case is being remanded for further evaluation by a VA examiner.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the Veteran relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate her claims, specifically the etiology of her bilateral leg conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of the Right Knee, Bilateral Leg Pain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19196654
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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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