The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional examination and adjudication of his claims, including a claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The Veteran testified that his hearing had worsened since the last VA examination in 2014, necessitating an updated examination to determine if he currently has hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative spur, superior patella, left knee, Healed fracture deformity at the medial tibial plateau with degenerative spur, superior patella, right knee, Chronic respiratory disorder, Chronic low back disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2020
- Citation
- 20000323
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,162 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for a chronic respiratory disorder and remanded the issues of diabetes mellitus, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, headaches, and blurred vision.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a chronic low back disorder and a bilateral knee disorder, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are not related to his military service.
- Denied
The Veteran's chronic respiratory disorder, diagnosed as asthma, was not incurred in service. The Board found that the evidence did not support a direct link between the Veteran's current condition and his military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a right knee impairment and a chronic respiratory disorder, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are related to his military service.
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