The Board is remanding the issue of entitlement to a total rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities (TDIU) for additional action.
The deciding factor: Additional relevant Department of Veterans Affairs clinical documentation was received, and the Veteran declined to waive initial review by the Agency of Original Jurisdiction.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2023
- Citation
- 23001553
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral shoulder strain, bilateral knee osteoarthritis, and bilateral foot degenerative arthritis and heel spur to obtain additional medical opinions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral knee osteoarthritis, finding that the Veteran's condition onset during his active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral knee osteoarthritis. The claims for a bilateral ankle condition and hypertension are remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral knee osteoarthritis, finding that the condition is not directly related to service or secondary to a service-connected condition.
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