The Board has remanded the cases for additional development due to inadequate VA examinations and to consider all applicable diagnostic codes. The Veteran's left and right knee conditions, as well as his right middle finger condition, are being reviewed.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations were found to be inadequate as they did not provide estimates of the effects of the Veteran's conditions during flareups or repeated use over time.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle strain, status post left knee twist injury with laxity and degenerative arthritis (left knee condition), status post right knee twist injury with laxity and degenerative arthritis (right knee condition), status post tuft fracture of the right middle finger (right middle finger condition)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2024
- Citation
- 24034563
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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 Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection, increased ratings, and earlier effective dates as there was no evidence to support a causal relationship between his current conditions and his active military service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left ankle strain, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial evaluation of 20 percent for left and right ankle strains, denied a compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss, and remanded claims for hypertension and gout.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for left shoulder strain, right shoulder strain, early osteoarthritis of the left and right hips (secondary to a service-connected knee disability), and right and left ankle strains (secondary to a service-connected knee disability).
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