The Veteran's right knee disability is not currently rated, and his sinusitis has been granted a 30% rating effective April 4, 2022. His allergic rhinitis remains unassigned.,Service connection for various joint disorders of the hands, feet, elbows, shoulders, ankles, and toes is being remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's right knee disability does not meet the criteria for a temporary total rating due to treatment. His sinusitis has been rated based on incapacitating episodes per year, with no such episodes documented in his record prior to April 4, 2022.,Service connection is being remanded as there are insufficient records to determine if these joint disorders qualify under the criteria for a qualifying chronic disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Disability, Sinusitis, Allergic Rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2023
- Citation
- 23000517
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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.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities are rated at 10% each, and the Board finds that higher ratings are not warranted based on the evidence of record.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities are not related to his active service, and thus denied both claims for service connection.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a right knee disability, finding that there is no evidence to support an etiological relationship between his current condition and his military service.
- Denied
The Veteran's allergic rhinitis is currently rated as 10 percent disabling prior to September 16, 2024 and noncompensable thereafter. The Board found the evidence against finding that his condition met the criteria for a higher rating.
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