The Board has remanded the claims of entitlement to an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for left and right knee chondromalacia with degenerative joint disease due to inadequate examination findings. The Veteran's earlier effective date claim for bilateral knee disorder is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not persuasively favor the Veteran's earlier effective date claim as it was received within one year of his separation from service and no intent to file a claim prior to December 1, 2009, has been established.
- Claimed conditions
- chondromalacia with degenerative joint disease of the left knee, chondromalacia with degenerative joint disease of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 9, 2024
- Citation
- A24036805
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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
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