The Board remands the claims for service connection for chronic right and left knee pain to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The March 2021 VA opinion is found inadequate due to an inaccurate factual basis and failure to address lay statements of continuity of symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic right knee pain, chronic left knee pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2024
- Citation
- A24067467
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 service connection for bilateral hearing loss, rhinitis, asthma, severe lower back pain, chronic right knee pain, and chronic left knee pain as there was no evidence of a current disability at the time of the claim or during its pendency.
- Dismissed
The appeals for service connection and rating of various conditions have been dismissed by the veteran.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for PTSD, anxiety, depression, coronary artery disease secondary to psychiatric disability, chronic bilateral ankle and knee pain, and right shoulder strain. The evidence did not support the presence of a current disability or a link between any claimed condition and active duty.
- Granted
A 10 percent evaluation for left knee ITBFS is granted effective April 4, 2013.
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