The Veteran's claims for service connection of recurrent right and left knee disabilities are being remanded due to the need for further examination and evaluation.
The deciding factor: Further medical examination is required to determine if the Veteran's current knee disabilities are related to his in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Left ulnar nerve peripheral neuropathy, Right elbow medial epicondylitis, Left elbow medial epicondylitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2022
- Citation
- A22020362
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Veteran's combined service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation since August 9, 2018.
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