The Board has determined that additional development is needed to properly address the Veteran's right knee/leg disability claim, as there are gaps in the medical evidence and inconsistencies with previous opinions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner failed to consider the Veteran’s reports of a traumatic injury during service and subsequent ongoing pain, which could affect the determination of etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee/leg disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 21, 2021
- Citation
- 21003471
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for the service-connected bilateral hearing loss and remanded several claims for service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development and adjudicative action regarding service connection claims for various disabilities, including low back, right foot, left foot, right knee/leg, and left knee/leg disabilities. The Veteran contends these disabilities are related to an in-service parachute accident during airborne training.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain an addendum opinion regarding the etiology of any current right knee/leg disability, as well as to verify the Veteran's duty status during his active duty service. The Veteran contends that his in-service activities caused or aggravated his right knee/leg disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's right knee/leg disability is found to be related to his service, and he is granted service connection for this condition.
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