The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and opinions regarding his bilateral knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for updated medical evaluations and opinions to assess the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities, as well as the impact these conditions have had on his employment status prior to December 21, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee patellofemoral syndrome with patellar tendinitis, left knee patellofemoral syndrome with patellar tendinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2021
- Citation
- 21064344
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's left ear hearing loss is rated at 0 percent, as the VA examination results do not warrant a compensable rating.,The Veteran's right knee patellofemoral syndrome with patellar tendinitis prior to July 4, 2019 and status post right total knee replacement from July 5, 2019 are both rated at 30 percent. The Veteran is seeking higher ratings for these conditions.,The Veteran's left knee patellofemoral syndrome with patellar tendinitis is rated at 10 percent. The Veteran is seeking a higher rating for this condition.,The Veteran is seeking TDIU prior to December 21, 2016.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional examinations and to obtain updated treatment records. The issues are related to the evaluations of his service-connected left ear hearing loss, left knee patellofemoral syndrome with patellar tendinitis, and right knee patellofemoral syndrome with patellar tendinitis.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's left knee patellofemoral syndrome with patellar tendinitis warrants a 10 percent evaluation, as it is manifested by subjective complaints of pain and objective evidence of patellar tenderness and patellofemoral grind. The preponderance of the evidence does not support an increased rating.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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