The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left knee disability, to include degenerative joint disease (DJD), due to inadequate review of his claims file and failure to schedule a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the July 2016 VA examiner failed to review the Veteran’s claims file, including his Service Treatment Records (STRs) and other medical records, which led to an incomplete assessment of his left knee disability. The Board instructed the Regional Office to schedule a new VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee DJD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20060213
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for revision of a March 2009 rating decision that denied service connection for left knee DJD secondary to right knee DJD and granted a 30 percent rating for PTSD. The Veteran argued CUE in both decisions, but the Board found no evidence of CUE.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for revision of a March 2009 rating decision that denied service connection for left knee DJD secondary to right knee DJD and granted a 30 percent rating for PTSD. The Veteran argued CUE in both decisions, but the Board found no evidence of CUE.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected left leg shrapnel injury is found to have resulted in left knee DJD. The Veteran meets the criteria for SAH due to his service-connected disabilities, which require constant use of a walker or cane for ambulation.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral knee disabilities (left and right DJD) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability.
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