The appeal for service connection for disabilities of the right and left knees is remanded due to incomplete verification of dates of active duty for training (ACDUTRA) and lack of medical records from before the Veteran's period of active duty.
The deciding factor: Incomplete information regarding the Veteran's duty status and missing pre-service medical records necessitate further development before a decision can be made on his claims.
- Claimed conditions
- disability of the right knee, disability of the left knee
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2024
- Citation
- 24004788
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.
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