The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee tendinitis and right knee tendinitis due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. A new medical opinion is required to address the Veteran's contentions of in-service injury and continuity of symptomatology.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner relied on the absence of treatment records during and after service without considering the Veteran's lay statements regarding her symptoms and injuries incurred in service.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee tendinitis, right knee tendinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 23, 2024
- Citation
- A24059784
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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: Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection of right knee tendinitis, left knee tendinitis, and chronic right wrist sprain have been granted.,New evidence submitted by the Veteran has led to a readjudication of his previously denied claims.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for left and right knee tendinitis due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error. The AOJ must obtain an addendum opinion addressing whether the Veteran's bilateral knee disabilities are aggravated by his service-connected lumbosacral and thoracic strain.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for increased ratings for right and left knee disabilities due to pre-decisional errors in obtaining retrospective opinions considering functional loss without the ameliorative effects of medication.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for left knee tendinitis and a left ankle condition, finding that the evidence did not support a nexus between these conditions and active service.
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