The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a disability rating in excess of 30 percent for total left knee arthroplasty and for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities. The claims are being returned for further development.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner could not reliably determine and demonstrate range of motion loss during flare-ups or after repetitive use, which is inconsistent with previous examination reports that documented such functional limitations.
- Claimed conditions
- Total left knee arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2022
- Citation
- 22012736
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a lumbosacral strain and related conditions, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and a TDIU, finding that the evidence did not support higher disability ratings or unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities from January 1, 2016.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for total left knee arthroplasty and spinal stenosis and multilevel facet arthrosis. The right hip disability issue is remanded due to insufficient evidence.
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