Citation Nr: 19190850 Decision Date: 12/03/19 Archive Date: 12/03/19 DOCKET NO. 17-13 321 DATE: December 3, 2019 REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for a left knee condition, to include meniscal cyst, is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran served active duty in the United States Army from July 1997 to November 1999. The Board notes that in a March 2017 Form 9, the Veteran limited the issues on appeal to entitlement to service connection for a left knee condition as described on the title page. 1. Entitlement to service connection for a left knee condition, to include meniscal cyst, is remanded. The Veteran is seeking service connection for a left knee condition. The Veteran’s service treatment records (STRs) confirm treatment for a left knee injury while in-service. VA treatment records reveal that the Veteran currently has a diagnosed anterior para meniscal cyst on his left knee. The Veteran was provided a VA examination in October 2014 regarding his claimed left knee condition. The examiner diagnosed the Veteran with left knee strain, but opined that the condition was less likely than not due to a prior history of service-related knee trauma. However, nowhere in the examination report does the examiner discuss the Veteran’s diagnosed anterior para meniscal cyst on his left knee or its etiology. Accordingly, the Board finds that the opinion is inadequate for determining entitlement to service connection for a left knee condition. Thus, the matter is REMANDED for the following action: 1. Undertake appropriate development to obtain any outstanding records pertinent to the Veteran’s claim. If any requested records are not available, the record should be annotated to reflect such and the Veteran notified in accordance with 38 C.F.R. § 3.159. 2. Then, schedule the Veteran for a VA examination by an examiner with sufficient expertise to address the etiology of his left knee condition, to include meniscal cyst. The evidentiary record, including a copy of this remand, must be made available to and reviewed by the examiner. The examination report must include a notation that this record review took place. The examiner is to state an opinion as to whether the Veterans current left knee condition, to include meniscal cyst, at least as likely as not was incurred, or was caused by an event, during his military service. The examination report must include a complete rationale for all opinions expressed. If the examiner feels that a requested opinion cannot be rendered without resorting to speculation, the examiner must state whether the need to speculate is caused by a deficiency in the state of general medical knowledge (i.e. no one could respond given medical science and the known facts) or by a deficiency in the record or the examiner (i.e. additional facts are required, or the examiner does not have the needed knowledge or training). T. REYNOLDS Veterans Law Judge Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney for the Board D. Gorum, Associate Counsel The Board’s decision in this case is binding only with respect to the instant matter decided. This decision is not precedential, and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.