The Board remands the claims for further development and readjudication.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed to address all additional evidence added since the last SSOC.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee patellofemoral syndrome with instability, right knee patellofemoral syndrome with instability, left knee patellofemoral syndrome with limitation of flexion, right knee patellofemoral syndrome with limitation of flexion, left elbow osteoarthritis with limitation of flexion, status post dislocation, left elbow osteoarthritis with limitation of pronation, status post dislocation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2024
- Citation
- 24002030
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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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