The Veteran's right knee disability, including painful flexion and instability, is currently rated at 20% each. The Board has remanded the issues for additional development.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners could not provide an opinion regarding the impact of flare-ups or prolonged use on the Veteran's right knee function without speculation.
- Claimed conditions
- Chondromalacia patella, Traumatic arthritis (painful flexion), Meniscal condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 4, 2021
- Citation
- 21027056
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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's right and left knee patella tendon repairs, with painful motion, have been granted increased ratings of 20 percent each. The instability in both knees has also been rated at 10 percent.
- Granted
The Veteran's left knee limitation of extension is granted at a 40 percent rating effective January 11, 2020. A separate rating for the meniscal condition prior to March 1, 2021, is denied.
- Granted
The Board found that the reduction of the Veteran's rating for his right knee disability from 40% to 10% effective October 1, 2019 was proper based on improvement in his ability to function under ordinary conditions.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his right knee disability was denied, and the claim for TDIU was also denied. The Board found that the Veteran's current level of functional impairment did not warrant a higher rating.
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