The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient medical opinions and incomplete information. The appeals will be reconsidered with new evidence and opinions.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations and medical opinions obtained in connection with these claims are insufficient to resolve the issues on appeal, necessitating further clarification and additional opinions from VA clinicians.
- Claimed conditions
- head injury with dizziness and balance problems, gynecological condition including amenorrhea or infertility with weight gain and irritability, left total knee arthroplasty (TKA), right total knee arthroplasty (TKA)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2026
- Citation
- A26016874
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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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- Denied
The Board denied the appeals for ratings in excess of 10 percent and 30 percent for various gout conditions affecting the right knee, left knee, left ankle, left hand, and left elbow. The claims were denied based on the evidence showing that the Veteran's symptoms did not meet or nearly approximate the criteria for higher ratings.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the case to obtain additional VA examinations addressing the severity of the Veteran's gout in various joints.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for right total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is denied. The earliest possible effective date is April 17, 2020.,The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for acne is denied. The earliest possible effective date is April 16, 2020.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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