The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence and a need for further examination of the Veteran's right knee disability.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the failure to obtain complete private treatment records, which are necessary to provide an adequate medical opinion regarding the severity of the Veteran's right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee ACL Tear, Instability of the knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2024
- Citation
- A24029294
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that more contemporaneous VA examinations are needed to assess the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected right and left ankle, right foot, and right knee disabilities due to a lack of relevant medical records from the last five years.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for his right knee disability due to inadequate medical evidence and failure to provide adequate reasons or bases for its denial.
- Granted
The Veteran's right knee disability is rated at 40 percent combined (20 percent under Code 5258 and 20 percent under Code 5261) from August 13, 2020 onwards.
- Granted
The Veteran's right knee disability, including a torn ACL and symptomatic lateral meniscus tear with DJD, has been rated at 10 percent since August 29, 2003.
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