The Board remands the claims for service connection for right knee and right leg disabilities to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to the Veteran not being properly notified of his VA examination, which resulted in him missing it.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disability, to include arthritis, right leg disability, to include arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25034649
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 785 · Granted: 27% (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
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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