The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his left knee disability from December 27, 2019 to September 21, 2020 has been withdrawn.,The Veteran's appeal for an initial disability rating in excess of 40 percent for left knee limitation of extension is being remanded.,The Veteran's appeal for a compensable disability rating from June 29, 2021, forward for left knee limitation of flexion is also being remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeals for the above issues prior to the Board issuing a decision.,Further development is needed due to the need for an addendum medical opinion regarding the severity of the Veteran's service-connected left knee disability, including any additional degrees of limited motion caused by flare-ups.,Additional development is required as there are no retrospective medical opinions available to estimate the extent of functional loss during flare-ups.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee, status-post ACL/MCL and meniscus tear/repair with surgical scars, service-connected left knee strain with meniscal tear, anterior cruciate ligament tear and degenerative arthritis (instability)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 12, 2021
- Citation
- 21062728
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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.
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