The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected right knee disability prior to April 21, 2023, and entitlement to a TDIU due to the need for retrospective medical opinions regarding range of motion measurements.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the VA examination reports were inadequate for adjudication purposes and requested additional retrospective opinions from an appropriate clinician.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee patellar tendonitis, Osgood Schlatter's disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2024
- Citation
- 24003538
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,828 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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.
- Denied
The Veteran's right knee patellar tendonitis resulted in painful motion, but flexion was not limited to less than 30 degrees. The Board denied an increased rating and granted TDIU.
- Denied
The Veteran's initial and increased evaluations for knee conditions, including patellar tendonitis, MCL sprain and meniscal tear, and meniscal tear, were denied. Separate evaluations for right and left knee instability were granted.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for multiple conditions and denied higher initial ratings for several service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right knee patellar tendonitis, finding that there was no evidence to establish a nexus between the in-service compartment strain and the current condition.
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