The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete records and need for a new medical opinion regarding the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: Incomplete records and need for clarification of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities without considering non-service-connected impairments.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee total knee replacement, levoscoliosis lumbar spine, compression deformity, retrolithesis and facet arthropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 29, 2024
- Citation
- 24013497
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeals for various disability ratings and benefits have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's sleep apnea is granted as secondary to his service-connected knees. The effective date for the grants of service connection and initial ratings are set at December 7, 2018, with some ratings increased.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted a 100 percent rating for the Veteran's right knee total knee replacement from November 1, 2023, through June 26, 2024, and a 60 percent rating from June 27, 2024, onwards.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeals for increased ratings and earlier effective dates related to various knee conditions, a scar, special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria, and basic eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance.
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