The Board has remanded the case due to the Veteran's failure to appear for a VA examination, and now requests another opportunity for her to attend.
The deciding factor: The Veteran failed to report for a scheduled VA examination without good cause shown.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee contusion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22045664
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for a thorough and contemporaneous medical examination to determine the current nature of the Veteran's right knee condition. The TDIU claim is also being referred to the Director, Compensation Service, for extraschedular consideration.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence from a previous VA examination, and the Veteran needs to be re-examined for her right knee disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for an initial rating greater than 10 percent for residuals of right knee contusion should be remanded to allow for a supplemental statement of the case (SSOC) to consider additional evidence.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim of service connection for a right knee disability is reopened due to the submission of new evidence, but the issue remains remanded as further medical opinion is needed.
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