The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development. The issues include service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, increased rating for left knee disability, and TDIU.
The deciding factor: The appeal includes multiple issues that require further review and evidence collection to determine the appropriate decisions.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Injury, Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 29, 2020
- Citation
- 20063747
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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: Granted
The Veteran's right knee disability is rated at 10 percent, and the appeal for a higher rating is denied. The Veteran also meets criteria for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from December 31, 2014 to the present. The VA Regional Office is required to consider whether any rules concerning finality bar its consideration of TDIU for any period and specify the claim period in its decision.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's left knee disability, including limitation of extension and instability, is rated at 20 percent. The Veteran was previously awarded a non-compensable rating for his limitation of flexion.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's left knee disability was previously rated at 30 percent, effective March 18, 2019. The RO reduced this rating to noncompensable (0%) effective May 1, 2022, based on the absence of actual improvement in his ability to function under ordinary conditions.
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