The Board has remanded the claims for osteoarthritis of the knees, feet, and acute cholecystitis (also claimed as cholelithiasis) due to insufficient evidence or further clarification is needed.
The deciding factor: Further medical examination and/or documentation are required to determine if service connection can be established for these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Osteoarthritis of the knees, Osteoarthritis of the feet, Acute cholecystitis (also claimed as cholelithiasis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2020
- Citation
- 20011475
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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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