Citation Nr: 21024206 Decision Date: 04/22/21 Archive Date: 04/22/21 DOCKET NO. 15-00 680 DATE: April 22, 2021 REMANDED Entitlement to a rating in excess of 20 percent for chondromalacia of the left knee with degenerative joint disease is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran had active service in the Navy from September 1974 to September 1978 and again from July 1992 to March 1996. In February 2020, the Veteran passed away; his widow has been substituted as the appellant. This matter is before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) on appeal from a July 2012 rating decision of a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office (RO). In May 2018, the Veteran testified at a hearing before the undersigned Veterans Law Judge via video conference. A transcript of that hearing is also associated with the record. In August 2018, the Board remanded the matter for further development. In June 2019, the Board, in pertinent part, denied entitlement to a rating in excess of 20 percent for chondromalacia of the left knee with degenerative joint disease. The Veteran appealed that decision to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Court). In December 2020, the Court granted a Joint Motion for Partial Remand (JMPR) filed by representatives for both the Veteran and the VA Secretary, vacating the Board’s decision as to the denial of entitlement to a rating in excess of 20 percent for chondromalacia of the left knee with degenerative joint disease, and remanding the claim to the Board for further proceedings consistent with the JMPR. In particular, the JMPR noted that there was potentially favorable evidence pertaining to the Veteran’s left knee disability that the Board did not address. However, the JMPR also instructed the Board “to obtain any outstanding VA medical records, including Lawrenceville Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) records identified by the Veteran in the October 2014 application for disability compensation.” The Board notes that the record includes multiple treatment notes from the Lawrenceville CBOC and Atlanta VA Medical Center (VAMC). See CAPRI records uploaded in 3/2012, 3/2019 and 11/2019. However, in the event there remain additional outstanding treatment records, and to comply with the JMPR, the Board finds that a remand is necessary prior to readjudication of the appeal. The matter is REMANDED for the following action: Obtain any outstanding VA treatment records, specifically to include those from the Lawrenceville CBOC and Atlanta VAMC, dating from 1996 to 2020. All reasonable attempts should be made to obtain these   records and these attempts must be documented in the record. L. M. BARNARD Veterans Law Judge Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney for the Board A.Z., 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.