The Board has remanded the claim for service connection of right knee degenerative arthritis with meniscal tear due to new and relevant evidence. The case will be reviewed again by the agency.
The deciding factor: New and relevant medical evidence was received after the initial denial, warranting a readjudication.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee degenerative arthritis with meniscal tear
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25004189
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 766 · Granted: 40% (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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right knee degenerative arthritis with meniscal tear, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are continuous since service and warrant presumptive service connection.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right knee degenerative arthritis with meniscal tear and left knee degenerative arthritis, both dating back to the Veteran's military service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the right knee degenerative arthritis with meniscal tear, and the Board has dismissed it.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient opinions regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected disabilities caused or aggravated his sleep apnea. The examiner is requested to provide an addendum opinion addressing these issues.
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