The Board has remanded the cases due to inadequate examination reports and a need for retrospective medical opinions regarding the severity of the Veteran's knee disabilities during the pendency of the claim.
The deciding factor: The examination reports are insufficient, particularly the May 2015 report which did not account for flare-ups or repetitive use over time. The Board requires additional retrospective medical opinions to address this issue.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee degenerative osteoarthritis, left knee degenerative arthritis and chondrocalcinosis post-total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2023
- Citation
- 23064248
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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
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Veteran's claims for tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss, right knee degenerative osteoarthritis, left knee degenerative osteoarthritis, right shoulder strain, and left shoulder strain are denied as there is no evidence of a claim prior to July 18, 2022.,The Veteran's claim for migraines has been reopened due to new and relevant evidence. The claims will be readjudicated.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation from July 13, 2017. The Board granted TDIU for this period but remanded the issue of TDIU prior to July 13, 2017.
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