The Board has decided to remand two issues related to the Veteran's right knee disability, including a higher rating for his anterior cruciate ligament tear and meniscal tear, as well as a compensable rating for scar tissue. The decision is based on the need for additional medical examination.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the lack of recent VA treatment records and the need for an additional medical examination to assess the precise nature and severity of the disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee anterior cruciate ligament tear, meniscal tear
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2024
- Citation
- 24000587
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,886 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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 has granted service connection for right knee disability, left knee arthritis, and bilateral knee instability. The decision is based on the Veteran's competent and credible lay evidence regarding the onset of symptoms in service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for his right knee disability is being remanded due to issues with the VA examination and incomplete records.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right knee disability, finding that it is neither secondary to his service-connected right femoral neuropathy nor directly related to his active-duty service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right knee condition, finding that there was no evidence linking his current conditions to his military service.
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