The Board has remanded the claims for bilateral knee disability due to service-connected right hip disability, as it requires an addendum opinion from the May 2021 examiner regarding whether the Veteran's bilateral knee disability is caused or aggravated by his service-connected right hip disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that a new examination and addendum opinion are necessary to address the relationship between the Veteran's bilateral knee disability and his service-connected right hip disability, as well as the information from the Warwick Agreement on Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome (FAI syndrome): An International Consensus Statement regarding FAI and knee pain.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2021
- Citation
- 21062282
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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
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