The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for residuals of injuries to the left and right knees due to inadequate medical opinions in previous decisions.
The deciding factor: The previous decisions were based on insufficient consideration of the Veteran's testimony regarding his knee pain and financial reasons for not seeking treatment after service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of an injury of the left knee, residuals of an injury of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 27, 2022
- Citation
- 22042497
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a right knee injury, but dismissed the appeals for ankylosis of the left thumb, ankylosis of the right thumb, and residuals of an injury of the left knee.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a supplemental opinion from the VA examiner regarding whether any current left hand disability is related to service and whether any right knee disability is caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected left ankle disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to address the issues of increased disability ratings for his right knee and shell fragment wound disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the residuals of an injury to the veteran's left knee, finding no evidence that the current condition is related to his in-service injury.
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