The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and a new VA knee examination. The case involves multiple awards of service-connected disabilities related to the right knee.
The deciding factor: The appeals are on hold due to insufficient evidence and need further review by VA medical personnel.
- Claimed conditions
- Patellar Tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2021
- Citation
- 21062376
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,446 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for a TDIU was granted effective November 14, 2019. The Board found that the criteria for an earlier effective date of June 21, 2017 were met.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's left knee disability, including limitation of extension and instability, is rated at 40 percent effective January 24, 2018. A separate 20 percent rating for moderate instability is granted since May 18, 2007. A 30 percent rating for severe instability or recurrent subluxation is granted as of September 6, 2017. A 20 percent rating for limitation of flexion and a 20 percent rating for meniscus condition are effective January 24, 2018.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's left ankle sprain and right knee patellar tendonitis are currently rated at 10 percent, but the Board finds that neither condition warrants a higher rating based on current evidence.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's right knee disability, characterized by arthritis and patellar tendonitis, has been rated at 20 percent since July 20, 2009.
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