The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for lumbar-spine disorder, right-knee conditions, and left-knee total right-knee replacement due to insufficient examination findings.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the current VA examinations are outdated and inadequate for purposes of determining service connection and disability evaluations.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar-spine disorder, right-knee chondromalacia and status post partial medial meniscectomy, left-knee total right-knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2023
- Citation
- 23058362
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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 Veteran's lumbar spine disorder, with degenerative-spine disease and IVDS, is granted an initial disability evaluation of 40 percent prior to March 15, 2021.,Service connection for allergic rhinitis and chronic sinusitis are also granted.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the previously denied claims of service connection for right-knee disorder, left-knee disorder, cervical-spine disorder, thoracic-spine disorder, and lumbar-spine disorder. The gastrointestinal disorder claim remains denied as there is no evidence supporting its service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional evidence needs to be considered and the claims are being remanded for further review.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right-shoulder disorder, but remanded issues regarding reopening of claims for lumbar-spine disorder and bilateral hearing loss.
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