The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development to obtain medical records and conduct examinations to assess the severity of his service-connected psychiatric disability, lumbar spine, right shoulder, right wrist, and right knee disabilities. Additionally, he must be examined to determine the nature and etiology of any left knee, right ankle, left ankle, and respiratory disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to incomplete medical records and insufficient examinations that do not fully assess his service-connected conditions or the presence of other disabilities. The Board requires additional evidence and evaluations to make informed decisions on these issues.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, lumbar spine disability, right shoulder tendonitis, right wrist tendonitis, right knee tendonitis status post surgery, left knee disability, left ankle disability, right ankle disability, respiratory disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2023
- Citation
- 23020150
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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
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient rationale in the July 2012 VA examination for the Veteran's left knee disability, and a new addendum opinion is needed.
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