The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's torn right knee meniscus is related to service or secondary to his service-connected shin splints.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner needs to determine if the Veteran's current right knee condition is aggravated by his service-connected shin splints.
- Claimed conditions
- torn right knee meniscus
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2020
- Citation
- 20014909
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a torn right knee meniscus, finding that the evidence did not support a causal relationship to active service or service-connected conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The case is being remanded for further examination to determine the nature and severity of the Veteran's right knee disability, including any related conditions like degenerative arthritis and leg length discrepancy. The examiner must also assess whether these conditions are related to service or residuals of a torn right knee meniscus.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right shoulder disability and migraines/chronic headaches are remanded for additional development due to insufficient opinions on the etiology of her conditions.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's lumbar spine arthritis is aggravated by his service-connected bilateral knee disabilities, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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