The Board has remanded the claims for post-operative residuals of a total right knee replacement and vision problems, to include dry eyes due to inadequate VA opinions. The Veteran's service connection claims are being returned for further development.
The deciding factor: The VA opinions provided were not adequate as they did not address the etiology or aggravation of the claimed conditions by service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- post-operative residuals of a total right knee replacement, vision problems, to include dry eyes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2022
- Citation
- 22066802
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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.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU were granted, with specific disability ratings assigned. The left knee degenerative joint disease received a separate rating of 10 percent for limitation of flexion and another 30 percent for limitation of extension. For the right knee, prior to April 30, 2014, he was awarded a 10 percent rating for limitation of flexion and a 30 percent rating for limitation of extension. From June 1, 2015 onwards, his total right knee replacement received a 60 percent disability rating. The Veteran also received TDIU prior to October 28, 2010.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for post-operative residuals of a total right knee replacement and vision problems, to include dry eyes due to incomplete development. The Veteran's service connection claim remains pending.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected right knee disability was denied, as the evidence did not support a higher evaluation based on the current level of impairment.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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