The Veteran's bilateral knee disorders are currently rated at 10 percent each for traumatic arthritis, limitation of extension and recurrent subluxation. The Board has remanded the case to obtain additional medical records and a new examination to determine the current severity of his disabilities.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to obtain updated treatment records and conduct a new examination to assess the current severity of the Veteran's bilateral knee disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee traumatic arthritis, limitation of extension, right knee traumatic arthritis, limitation of extension, left knee recurrent subluxation, right knee recurrent subluxation, left knee traumatic arthritis, limitation of flexion, right knee traumatic arthritis, limitation of flexion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2023
- Citation
- 23022752
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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 remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the severity of the Veteran's right knee subluxation and instability during the period from January 29, 2014, to September 27, 2019. Additional development is required to obtain a retrospective opinion addressing this issue.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew all issues on appeal, including entitlement to ratings in excess of 10 percent disabling for service-connected left knee strain and left knee recurrent subluxation and entitlement to service connection for migraine headaches.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for increased ratings of knee conditions and service connection for a heart disability due to deficiencies in previous examinations.
- Dismissed
The appeal regarding the reduction of the Veteran's right knee recurrent subluxation rating from 20 percent to 10 percent and discontinuance of DEA benefits is dismissed.
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