The Board remands the veteran's claims for increased ratings of bilateral knee disabilities due to a lack of compliance with previous remand directives.
The deciding factor: There has not been substantial compliance with prior remand directives, necessitating an additional remand to correct this error.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee patellofemoral syndrome with degenerative changes, post partial medial meniscectomy for complex tear of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus, left knee patella chondromalacia with a torn medial meniscus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2025
- Citation
- 25006330
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 increased ratings for the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disabilities and granted a TDIU from May 21, 2014 to January 4, 2017.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a VA examination that fully addresses the Veteran's functional loss during flare-ups, following repeated use over time, and/or any functional loss caused by the considerations set forth in 38 C.F.R. § 4.45 during the time period from 2005 to the present.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claim for a higher rating due to clear and unmistakable error (CUE) was granted, effective January 26, 2010. Other claims related to earlier effective dates and higher evaluations were denied or dismissed.
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