The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to incomplete records and the need for a VA examination. The issues are whether he should be granted TDIU benefits and if an earlier effective date for service connection of right and left ankle disability can be assigned.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical records, particularly those from SSA and VA, prevent a full evaluation of the veteran's case.
- Claimed conditions
- right and left ankle disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0612483
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Decisions by this judge: 1,514 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's right and left ankle disabilities, as well as her bilateral hearing loss disability are granted service connection. The psychiatric disability is remanded for further examination.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all service connection claims due to the Veteran's death.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to his death. The issues on appeal were previously about service connection for a right and left ankle disability, but as the Veteran died, no further action can be taken.
- Granted
The Veteran's tinnitus, hearing loss, right and left knee disability, right and left ankle disability, and a left foot disability are all found to be related to service. The initial rating for degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine is granted.
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