The Board has found that new and relevant evidence has been received to warrant readjudication of the claim, but remand is required due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error. The Veteran's right knee disability may be related to service or an in-service injury.
The deciding factor: The July 2019 VA medical opinion relied on the absence of contemporaneous medical evidence and did not address the Veteran's lay statements regarding his symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee osteoarthritis, right leg injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2026
- Citation
- A26033029
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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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