The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection due to procedural issues, including a lack of proper form use.
The deciding factor: Procedural issues prevented the modernized review system from being applied, necessitating a remand for issuance of an SOC.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee peroneal nerve contusion, right knee mild instability, right knee limitation of flexion, right knee residual surgical scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2022
- Citation
- 22060359
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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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