The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left knee strains with degenerative arthritis due to an error by the AOJ in failing to provide notice of the Veteran's right to a pre-decisional hearing.
The deciding factor: Remand is required because the AOJ failed to satisfy its duty to assist the Veteran under 38 U.S.C. § 5103A by not providing her with notice of her right to a pre-decisional hearing before issuing the October 2020 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee strain with degenerative arthritis, left knee strain with degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25050237
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and an earlier effective date for service connection are being remanded due to inadequate examinations. The TDIU claim is also being remanded as the AOJ did not assist in its development.
- Denied
The Board found no clear and unmistakable error in the January 6, 2016 rating decision denying service connection for left knee osteoarthritis. The Veteran's claim was subsequently granted with effective date of July 13, 2022.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection are being remanded due to the failure to consider additional evidence submitted after the initial rating decisions.,Service connection claims for a left knee disability, lumbosacral spine disability, and lower extremity neuropathies require further development.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right and left knee disabilities, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral flat feet.
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