The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an initial disability rating higher than 10 percent for his service-connected right knee patellofemoral syndrome with painful motion during flexion and instability due to a lack of compliance with Correia v. McDonald (28 Vet. App. 158).
The deciding factor: The Board found that the October 2015 VA examination did not comply with the requirements in Correia, which requires testing for pain on passive motion and weight-bearing.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee patellofemoral syndrome with painful motion during flexion, right knee patellofemoral syndrome with instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2021
- Citation
- 21003926
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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 granted a 30 percent rating for right and left knee instability from August 15, 2022 to January 28, 2025, a 50 percent rating for right knee ankylosis from January 28, 2025, and a 60 percent rating for left knee ankylosis from January 28, 2025. The claim for a higher disability rating for left knee limitation of extension prior to January 28, 2025 was denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right and left knee disabilities are remanded for further development, including obtaining a new medical opinion to address the etiology of his current knee conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the increased rating claims for bilateral knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with painful motion and instability/subluxation due to a failure to comply with prior instructions in a VA examination report.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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