The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral knee disorder and right elbow disorder due to a lack of medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA is required to provide an examination if the information and documentation submitted by the claimant, when combined with VA's in-house medical expertise, are too probative to ignore, but would result in an undiagnosed symptomatology or a medically unexplained condition that no longer exists after VA's examination.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee disorder, right elbow disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2020
- Citation
- 20003549
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a low back disorder with radiculopathy of the lower extremities and bilateral hip and knee disorders due to the need for VA examinations.
- Dismissed
The Board denied the veteran's appeals for service connection for headaches, left elbow disorder, right elbow disorder, and right shoulder disorder due to untimely filings.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded several other claims for further development.
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