The Board has remanded the claim for a higher rating for right knee patellar femoral pain syndrome due to deficiencies in the July 2019 VA examination report. The Veteran is required to provide additional evidence and undergo another VA examination.
The deciding factor: The July 2019 VA examination report did not include range of motion testing on both active and passive motions, as well as non-weight-bearing and weight-bearing conditions, in accordance with the Board's June 2018 remand directives. The examiner also failed to provide a description of functional loss due to flare-ups or repeated use.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee patellar femoral pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2020
- Citation
- 20026590
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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 the Veteran's claim for TDIU as he was able to secure and maintain substantially gainful employment, even though his service-connected disabilities caused him some functional impairment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings of his bilateral knee disabilities and the claim for TDIU due to lack of VA examinations. The cases are now pending with the appropriate examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for higher ratings on appeal due to a lack of recent medical evidence and because further examinations are needed to assess the current severity of his right knee disability and headaches.
- Denied
The Board found that the evidence received since the March 1992 rating decision does not relate to the unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim of service connection for right knee patellar femoral pain syndrome, and thus is not material. As a result, the claim may not be reopened.
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