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, as her statements about such an injury are not supported by service treatment records.
- 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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2020
- Citation
- 20066790
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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 claim for service connection for right and left knee disorders was granted with an effective date of August 7, 2015.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
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.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a left knee disorder is being remanded due to the need for an adequate medical opinion regarding the etiology of his current left knee disorders.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability prior to June 1, 2009 was denied as the percentage requirements for schedular entitlement were not met before that date. The effective date of TDIU is set at June 1, 2009.
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