The Board has decided that an addendum medical opinion is needed to determine if the Veteran's right knee degenerative changes and/or strain are related to his Baker's cyst, as well as to differentiate symptoms caused by each condition.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded due to inadequate information in the claims file regarding the relationship between the Baker's cyst and the Veteran's degenerative changes and/or strain in the right knee.
- Claimed conditions
- Baker's cyst right knee, degenerative changes in the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2023
- Citation
- 23018597
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied a separate evaluation for arthritis of the right knee as a residual of SFW of the right knee. The case is being remanded due to errors in obtaining service treatment records and potential TDIU issues.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for degenerative joint disease of the left knee is granted. The right knee condition claim is denied as there is no evidence linking it to a service-connected disability or an in-service injury.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected residuals of fracture of the right tibia and fibula are rated at 30 percent, which is not sufficient to grant a rating in excess of this amount.
- Denied
The veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for an automobile or adaptive equipment grant due to lack of loss of use of a foot or ankylosis of a hip or knee.
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