The appeal for a higher rating for right knee laxity was sent back to the VA for more information. The Board needs new medical exams and opinions on the severity of the condition since 2001.
The deciding factor: The Board did not address the issue of increased rating for right knee laxity in a prior decision, requiring additional development.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee laxity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25000088
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,084 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal for a higher rating for right knee laxity was dismissed because it was improperly filed in the wrong system.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected knee disabilities have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, warranting a TDIU on an extraschedular basis.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for right ankle sprain and right knee laxity as he failed to report for scheduled VA examinations.
- Dismissed
The appeal regarding entitlement to higher disability ratings for callosities and right knee laxity is dismissed.,Effective dates prior to February 1, 2008 for the grants of service connection for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy are denied.
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