The Board has remanded the issues of entitlement to higher disability ratings for bilateral knee disabilities due to inadequate compliance with a prior remand directive.
The deciding factor: The July 2022 VA opinion did not substantially comply with the April 2022 Board remand directives regarding range of motion assessments and flare-ups.
- Claimed conditions
- Other impairment of the right knee, Other impairment of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2023
- Citation
- 23056494
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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 granted an earlier effective date of April 19, 2010, for a 10 percent disability rating for post-traumatic arthritis of the left knee and a 20 percent disability rating for other impairment of the left knee.
- Denied
The Board denied entitlement to disability ratings in excess of 20 percent for the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities prior to May 16, 2013.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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