The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral knee disabilities due to open medical questions regarding etiology. The Veteran will be scheduled for a VA examination to address the nature and etiology of his claimed disabilities, including any additional relevant VA treatment records.
The deciding factor: There are open medical questions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities that should be addressed through further evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee osteoarthritis, bilateral complex tears of the medial and lateral menisci, chronic complete tear of the right ACL
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2022
- Citation
- 22017464
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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