The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral knee conditions, as secondary to her service-connected lumbosacral strain. The AOJ is instructed to obtain additional medical records and provide an addendum opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed bilateral knee conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that remand was necessary due to new evidence added to the record since the last SSOC, as well as concerns about the adequacy of the June 2021 VA opinions regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral strain and her claimed bilateral knee conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Condition, Right Knee Condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22027969
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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.
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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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