The Board has remanded several claims related to the Veteran's bilateral knee conditions, including for service connection and increased ratings. The issues of service connection for left knee meniscal condition, right knee meniscal condition, and left knee genu recurvatum have been raised by the record and need further development.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the issues of service connection for left knee meniscal condition, right knee meniscal condition, and left knee genu recurvatum have been reasonably raised by the record and a remand is necessary to obtain medical nexus opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee chondromalacia patella with laxity, left knee chondromalacia patella with laxity, degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the left knee, degenerative joint disease (DJD) of the right knee, left knee meniscal condition, right knee meniscal condition, left genu recurvatum
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2022
- Citation
- 22036449
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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.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for a separate rating for a left knee meniscal condition as there is no evidence of a current meniscal condition, and therefore, no basis to grant a separate rating under Diagnostic Codes 5258 or 5259.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and separate ratings for his bilateral knee conditions are being remanded due to the need for further development, including a new examination.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an increased rating for the lumbar spine disability and granted a 20 percent evaluation for right lower extremity radiculopathy, while denying compensable evaluations for other conditions. The Board also remanded several service connection claims.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include generalized anxiety disorder, and left ear hearing loss. Other claims were denied or remanded.
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