The Board has remanded the claims for increased ratings for right knee disabilities due to inadequate medical opinions and a need for additional information from the Veteran's representative.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner was unable to provide an adequate retrospective opinion regarding the severity of the Veteran's service-connected right knee disabilities during the specified period without resorting to mere speculation, as there were insufficient records or statements from the Veteran himself to support such estimates.
- Claimed conditions
- monoarticular arthritis with eosinophilic effusion right knee with instability, plantar callus and bone spur, little toe of left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2021
- Citation
- 21069689
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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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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Denied
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