The Board has remanded the case for a determination on whether the Veteran's bilateral leg/knee disability, including Osgood Schlatter disease, preexisted service and was not aggravated during service.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need to determine if there is clear and unmistakable evidence that the disability did not preexist service or was not aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral leg/knee disability, Osgood Schlatter disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2021
- Citation
- 21011437
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral knee disorder, finding that there was no evidence linking his current knee problems to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to inadequate range of motion measurements at the time of a previous VA examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives regarding knee flare-ups and range of motion testing.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection of Osgood Schlattner disease, which includes shin splints, was granted with a noncompensable rating effective March 23, 2015. The Veteran also received increased ratings and earlier effective dates for his PTSD with depressive disorder and alcohol abuse.
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