The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee and left wrist conditions, as secondary to his right knee disability due to insufficient medical evidence on whether the fall caused by his right knee condition resulted in injuries to his left knee and/or left wrist.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there is an indication that the Veteran's left knee and left wrist conditions may have resulted from the service-connected right knee, but no opinion has been provided regarding whether the right knee disability precipitated a fall that caused the Veteran's left knee or left wrist conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Condition, Left Wrist Condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2023
- Citation
- 23017500
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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 Board has granted service connection for bilateral knee conditions, finding that the Veteran's current knee conditions are more likely than not related to his military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right and left knee conditions, finding that they are related to his active service.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for pre-existing left and right knee conditions, finding that these conditions were aggravated by military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right knee, left knee, right ankle, and left ankle conditions as secondary to his service-connected left hip replacement.
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