The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for recurrent right and left knee disabilities due to a lack of adequate examination, particularly regarding the Veteran's claimed in-service injury during air assault training.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not adequately address the Veteran's subjective history of an in-service fall during air assault training and its relation to his current knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee strain, left knee strain, right knee instability, left knee instability, meniscal tear residuals, knee patellar dislocation residuals, gout
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2026
- Citation
- A26023869
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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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