The Veteran's claims for increased ratings of his right knee arthroplasty and TDIU are being remanded due to procedural issues. The Board also finds it necessary to investigate the Veteran's consistent reports of right hip symptoms that may be distinguishable from his right knee symptoms, and to schedule a new VA examination to determine this.
The deciding factor: The claims involve procedural issues and need further investigation regarding the Veteran's reported right hip symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Right total knee arthroplasty, Residuals of right femur fracture, status postoperative medial meniscectomy with chondromalacia and degenerative joint disease (DJD), Left knee DJD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 6, 2023
- Citation
- 23007442
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings on the issues of right total knee arthroplasty, chondromalacia of the left knee and deformity of patella, bilateral hearing loss, and limited extension of the left knee have been dismissed as moot due to a separate Board decision adjudicating these claims.
- Denied
The January 17, 2013 rating decision denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities. The Board found that while the Veteran could not return to his previous employment as a plumber, he was capable of sedentary employment and therefore had not established clear and unmistakable error in denying his TDIU claim.
- Dismissed
The appeal is dismissed because the July 3, 2024, Rating Decision only proposed to combine ratings for bilateral shin splints and bilateral knee disabilities. The Veteran did not properly identify issues he was appealing.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and denied a compensable disability rating for hypertension. Several issues related to increased ratings were remanded.
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