The Board has remanded the claim for a higher rating for service-connected right knee strain due to inadequate compliance with previous directives and the need for further examination.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional development, including a new VA examination that adheres to recent court decisions regarding functional impairment assessments.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2020
- Citation
- 20064593
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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
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