The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a disability rating exceeding 10 percent for the left knee based on limitation of flexion and extension, as well as the TDIU claim, due to outstanding records and the need for additional medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary to obtain relevant records and ensure that VBA substantially complies with the Board's previous remand directives regarding the Veteran's left knee disabilities and TDIU claim.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability based on limitation of flexion, left knee disability based on limitation of extension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2023
- Citation
- 23001286
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 785 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Denied
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