The Board has remanded the case for further development regarding right knee ACL repair and meniscal disability evaluations.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need to obtain medical opinions regarding the level of impairment of right knee instability and the nature of a right knee meniscal disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee ACL repair, Right knee meniscal disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2022
- Citation
- 22002067
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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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- Partly granted
The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another since September 30, 2020.
- Granted
The Veteran's initial rating of 10% for the left wrist disability is denied, and a separate 20% rating is granted for right knee instability. The right knee meniscus disability receives a 20% rating.
- Granted
The Veteran's right knee meniscal disability is rated at 20 percent, the maximum schedular rating for dislocation of semilunar cartilage. The Board has granted a higher rating than initially assigned.
- 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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