The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for right total knee arthroplasty and left hip DJD, as well as his TDIU claim due to worsening of his service-connected conditions. A new VA examination is required.
The deciding factor: The current VA examinations do not comply with Correia v. McDonald (2016) and Sharp v. Shulkin (2017), which require joint testing for pain on both active and passive motion, in weight-bearing and nonweight-bearing, and range of motion measurements of the opposite undamaged joint.
- Claimed conditions
- right total knee arthroplasty, left hip degenerative joint disease (DJD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19196693
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied increased ratings for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy, but remanded claims for higher ratings of the knee arthroplasties, hip bursitis, lumbar spine disability, and TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded all issues to the Agency of Original Jurisdiction for further development, including obtaining new medical examinations and opinions.
- Partly granted
The veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) as of February 13, 2018. The claim for TDIU prior to this date was remanded.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted entitlement to specially adapted housing due to his service-connected disabilities, which preclude locomotion without the aid of a cane. The issue of eligibility for a special home adaptation grant is dismissed as moot.
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