The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for residual surgical scar, associated with right knee disability and entitlement to a total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU) prior to April 3, 2019. The AOJ is required to issue a Supplemental Statement of the Case regarding these issues.
The deciding factor: The Board found that remand was necessary for issuance of a Supplemental Statement of the Case as part of the May 2022 remand and due to the lack of adjudication of the separate compensable rating claim for residual surgical scar, right knee disability in prior statements of the case or supplemental statements of the case.
- Claimed conditions
- residual surgical scar, right knee, post-traumatic arthritis of right knee, post-operative ligament damage of left knee, left total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 1, 2022
- Citation
- 22061094
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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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