The Board remands the claims for service connection for a bowel condition and right knee tendonitis due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The AOJ did not help the Veteran develop her claim, specifically by not requesting or providing an authorization for private medical records and failing to reschedule the Veteran's examination prior to the rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- bowel condition, right knee tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2024
- Citation
- A24073880
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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a bowel condition and remanded claims for allergies, migraine headaches, low back condition, right hip condition, left hip condition, GERD, right knee condition, and left knee condition.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral flat foot (pes planus) to include plantar fasciitis, intervertebral disc syndrome with degenerative arthritis, and right knee tendonitis. Bilateral hearing loss was denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for chronic rhinitis, allergic or non-allergic and urinary incontinence (loss of bladder control) as there was insufficient evidence to establish a causal link between the claimed conditions and the Veteran's military service. The remaining claims were remanded for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for left and right knee tendonitis as the evidence did not support a current diagnosis of bilateral knee tendonitis during the pendency of the claim.
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