The Veteran's TDIU and Dependents' Educational Assistance eligibility are granted. The Board has found the Veteran unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities, which include left knee degenerative arthritis with limited extension, muscular atrophy, instability, and flexion limitations. The right knee disability is remanded for further examination and opinion regarding potential VA causation or aggravation. The rating for left knee degenerative arthritis with limitation of extension is also remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected disabilities are found to be sufficient to render him unemployable without regard to advancing age or nonservice-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee degenerative arthritis with limited extension, left Muscle Groups XIII and XIV muscular atrophy, left knee degenerative arthritis with instability, left knee degenerative arthritis o with limited flexion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2023
- Citation
- 23011540
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted SMC based on the need for regular aid and attendance of another person due to his service-connected disabilities, but denied SMC based on housebound status.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of June 14, 2017, for the award of service connection for left knee degenerative arthritis with instability.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an extension of a temporary total disability rating based on convalescence and special monthly compensation (SMC) based on housebound criteria beyond July 31, 2020.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities are being remanded for a new VA examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected conditions. His TDIU claim is also being remanded due to its inextricability with the knee claims.
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