The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient reasoning in its decision and the need for a new VA examination.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the decision lacked sufficient explanation and needed additional evidence, specifically regarding the Veteran's right knee surgery and whether it resulted in a meniscal condition.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with joint osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2023
- Citation
- 23064288
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a separate 10 percent disability rating for symptomatic removal of semilunar cartilage in the right knee, effective August 2, 2017, but denied an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with joint osteoarthritis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with joint osteoarthritis due to a lack of compliance with previous remand instructions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with joint osteoarthritis, finding that the Veteran did not have a disability at any point during the appeal period.
- 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.
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