Kali Linux VM – Symbol ‘grub_file_filters’ Not Found

After apt-get update; apt-get upgrade successfully on my Kali Linux VM, restarted to finish some installations and was taken to grub rescue mode.

On grub rescue >

ls, returns:

(hd0) (hd0,msdos1) (hd0,msdos5)

set, returns:

cmdpath=(hd0)
prefix=(hd0,msdos1)/boot/grub
root=hd0,msdos1

I ran ls on (hd0)/boot, (hd0,msdos1)/boot, (hd0,msdos5)/boot, and confirmed results of bootable images only on (hd0,msdos1)

insmod linux, returns following grub error:

symbol 'grub_file_filters' not found 

Wanted to see where grub is looking so tried insmod kali which returned:

/boot/grub/i386-pc/kali.mod not found

Hence it seems that the linux module is found before I get the error.

From research, found that this error is filesystem/USB device related but since this is a Virtual image (and I'm on VirtualBox) I am unsure of how to fix it.

No problem in installing again from scratch but curious about this error and what it is referring to / how it can be resolved.

Thanks for any insights

Additional Note:
This is the output on my screen from the moment I boot the VM and after I execute some of the ls commands mentioned above

error: symbol ‘grub_file_filters’ not found. 
Entering rescue mode... 
grub rescue> ls 
(hd0) (hd0,msdos5) (hd0,msdos1) 
grub rescue> ls (hd0) 
(hd0): Filesystem is unknown. 
grub rescue> ls (hd0,msdos5) 
(hd0,msdos5): Filesystem is unknown. 
grub rescue> ls (hd0,msdos1) 
(hd0,msdos1): Filesystem is ext2. 
grub rescue> ls (hd0)/boot
error: unknown filesystem
grub rescue> ls (hd0,msdos5)/boot
error: unknown filesystem
grub rescue> ls (hd0,msdos1)/boot
./ . ./ System.map-4.18.0-kali2-amd64 config-4.18.0-kali2-amd64 
initrd.img—4.18.0-kali2-amd64 vmlinuz-4.18.0-kali2-amd64 
grub/ config-4.19.0-kali5-amd64 vmlinuz-4.19.0-kali5-amd64 
System.map-4.19.0-kali5-amd64 initrd.img-4.19.0-kali5-amd64
grub rescue>