The Board has remanded the case due to non-compliance with prior remand directives, and further development is required.
The deciding factor: The VA failed to complete all necessary steps in the May 2020 remand order regarding range of motion testing and functional loss assessment.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee lateral collateral ligament strain, left knee anterior cruciate ligament repair
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2021
- Citation
- 21025069
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran is unable to obtain or maintain substantially gainful employment due to her service-connected disabilities, and the Board has granted a TDIU based on these conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to failure to issue a Statement of the Case (SOC) addressing whether there was clear and unmistakable error in the March 2002 rating decision that assigned a 10 percent rating for the service-connected left knee disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's left knee disability, which includes a torn lateral meniscus and degenerative joint disease, has been rated at 10 percent. The Board has now granted an additional 10 percent rating to bring the total to 20 percent.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has dismissed the issue of whether there was clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in a December 26, 2000 RO rating decision to assign an effective date of August 16, 2000 for service connection for left knee disability. The case is REMANDED for consideration of the specific CUE issue regarding whether there was CUE in a March 15, 2002 RO rating decision assigning a 10 percent rating for the service connected left knee disability.
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