The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further examination and rating considerations due to the need for clarification of his knee disabilities, including inconsistencies in previous examinations.
The deciding factor: There are inconsistencies in the objective findings from previous C&P examinations that require clarification through a new orthopedic examination.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee scar, anterior patella, chondromalacia of the left knee (left knee arthritis with chondromalacia and limited motion), meniscal tear, left knee, chondromalacia/limitation of motion right knee, chondromalacia/limitation of motion left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2021
- Citation
- 21013065
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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 a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for the left knee meniscal tear from June 25, 2013 to August 10, 2018 and denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for the left knee injury prior to August 11, 2018.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for left and right knee disabilities due to a duty to assist error. A new VA medical opinion is needed to determine if the Veteran's current knee disabilities are related to her military service.
- Partly granted
The Board has dismissed the appeals for entitlement to a disability evaluation in excess of 20 percent for residuals of right femur fracture and entitlement to a disability evaluation in excess of 50 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The appeal for an initial disability evaluation in excess of 10 percent for osteoarthritis of left knee is REMANDED.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases due to non-compliance with previous remand directives regarding the bilateral knee and TDIU issues. The Veteran's service-connected disabilities of the knees are being reviewed for proper disability ratings.
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