The Board remands the claims for further development and examination to ensure a complete evaluation of the Veteran's service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations are found to be inadequate due to missing information required for rating purposes, necessitating a remand for additional testing and opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- Chondromalacia of the right knee, Residuals of a ruptured aorta
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2024
- Citation
- 24000021
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 denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right and left knee disabilities, except that it granted a 10 percent rating for instability of the right knee prior to September 28, 2018, and a 20 percent rating from that date. The Board also granted a 10 percent rating for instability of the left knee.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected chondromalacia of both knees and entitlement to TDIU due to deficiencies in the prior VA examinations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition and rating higher than 10 percent for chondromalacia of both knees based on instability. The initial rating for bilateral pes planus remains denied.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's service-connected chondromalacia of the right and left knees, with degenerative arthritis, were rated at 10 percent each due to pain, crepitus, tenderness, and limited motion. The Board found that a higher rating was not warranted.
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