The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient VA examination opinions regarding the relationship between the Veteran's right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome and his service-connected left knee internal derangement with possible meniscus tear. The Veteran is seeking service connection for his right knee condition as secondary to his service-connected left knee disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the VA examination opinions were inadequate due to a lack of consideration of the Veteran's lay contentions regarding continuous right knee symptomatology and the gait changes observed by his private physician.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2022
- Citation
- 22070824
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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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- Dismissed
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