The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for left knee disability, including an evaluation in excess of 20 percent and SMC for loss of use of the left foot. The total disability evaluation claim is also being remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not meet the criteria for a higher rating under the applicable VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Knee Limitation of Extension
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 26, 2024
- Citation
- 24034676
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for left knee limitation of flexion and for an initial compensable rating for left knee limitation of extension due to stable symptomatology throughout the appeal period.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including persistent postural perceptual dizziness related to his right eye disorder, prevented him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation despite his MBA degree and employment history. The Board granted the TDIU claim effective September 6, 2019.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection of left knee limitation of flexion and extension, finding that no new evidence was received prior to the assigned effective dates.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's claims for higher ratings for left knee limitation of flexion and extension are being remanded due to the need for additional development.,A VA examiner is required to provide an opinion regarding the ameliorative effects of pain medication on the Veteran's left knee condition.
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