The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to uncertainty regarding the nature of her claims and potential eligibility for accrued benefits. The AOJ needs to clarify whether she is seeking substitution or accrued benefits, and then proceed with adjudication.
The deciding factor: The decision is remanded because there is ambiguity about the appellant’s intent in pursuing the appeal as a substitute or for accrued benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- right-knee disorder, right-shoulder disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20063803
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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.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the previously denied claims of service connection for right-knee disorder, left-knee disorder, cervical-spine disorder, thoracic-spine disorder, and lumbar-spine disorder. The gastrointestinal disorder claim remains denied as there is no evidence supporting its service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to deficiencies in the findings of a prior VA examination. A new VA examination is needed for the right knee.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination and opinion regarding service connection for right-knee disorder. The Veteran's in-service complaints of right-knee issues need to be addressed, along with his lay statements.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for left-shoulder disorder, jaw disorder (including TMJ dysfunction), and right-knee disorder due to additional relevant evidence being added to the record.
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