The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical evidence regarding a claimed left knee injury during service. The Veteran's claim for service connection is being sent back for further development.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient medical evidence to determine if the Veteran’s current left knee disability is related to an in-service injury sustained while falling from barracks steps and tearing cartilage, despite her statements to this effect.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee total replacement, right ankle resection with sural nerve entrapment and foot drop, ressection tender angioma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2020
- Citation
- 20066790
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.
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The Board granted separate ratings for a left knee meniscal tear and left knee instability, as well as a rating for left knee total replacement, but denied an increased rating for left knee osteoarthritis.
- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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