The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for right knee chondromalacia for an updated VA examination and to obtain updated treatment records.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to the need for an updated VA examination to assess the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected right knee chondromalacia, as well as to obtain more recent treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee chondromalacia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 19, 2024
- Citation
- 24002939
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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