The Board remands the issues of increased ratings for bilateral knee disabilities and TDIU due to outstanding private medical records, examination requests, and additional development.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain outstanding private treatment records and ensure compliance with prior remand directives.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee osteoarthritis w/patellofemoral pain syndrome, left knee osteoarthritis w/patellofemoral pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2024
- Citation
- 24002593
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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