The Board has remanded the case for further development and readjudication due to a previous decision being vacated by the Court.
The deciding factor: The appeal is remanded due to the prior decision being vacated by the Court, necessitating further evidentiary development and readjudication of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the left ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2005
- Citation
- 0500932
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a neck disorder, diagnosed as arthritis of the cervical spine, and a left leg disorder, diagnosed as arthritis of the left ankle.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various joint disabilities, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between his current arthritis and his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has reopened the service connection claim for arthritis of the left ankle due to new medical evidence. However, the issue is remanded as an addendum opinion is needed regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's current left ankle disability.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to complications from a right hip fracture resulting from a fall. The claim for nonservice-connected death pension benefits is dismissed as moot because DIC benefits are considered a greater benefit.
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