The Board has ordered additional development due to deficiencies in the VA examination, including missing joint testing and consideration of lay statements.
The deciding factor: The VA examination did not comply with the requirements set forth by Correia v. McDonald (2016) regarding joint testing and failed to consider the Veteran's lay statements and imaging studies.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Medial Meniscectomy, Chronic Left Knee Strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20001199
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Decisions by this judge: 1,987 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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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