The Board has found that there was not substantial compliance with its prior remand directives and has ordered another examination to determine the Veteran's work-related functional impairments due to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board found inconsistencies in the previous opinion regarding the Veteran's bilateral knee and back disabilities, necessitating a new addendum opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee disabilities, back disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2023
- Citation
- 23050419
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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 dismissed the Veteran's appeal for entitlement to TDIU and denied his claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, back strain, bilateral knee disabilities, and bilateral ankle disabilities. The claims of service connection for these conditions are remanded due to a duty-to-assist error.
- Granted
The Veteran's tinnitus and bilateral knee disabilities are granted as service-connected. The Board found that the Veteran had an onset of these conditions during active service with continuity of symptomatology thereafter.
- Denied
The Veteran seeks an earlier effective date for his TDIU and SMC awards, but the Board finds no evidence of a factual increase in disability within one year prior to the claim.,SMC is awarded based on the Veteran's single service-connected disability (heart disability) rated at 100% disabling.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's left shoulder disability, bilateral ankle disabilities, and bilateral knee disabilities due to new and relevant evidence submitted since the last denial. Service connection is also granted for gastritis (gastrointestinal condition) and cyst scrotum on the right side.
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