The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including a new VA examination and obtaining private medical records. The issue of an increased rating for his right ankle disability will be reconsidered.
The deciding factor: The decision requires further evidence to determine the current nature and extent of the veteran's right ankle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the right ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 9, 2006
- Citation
- 0613437
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
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- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for generalized seizure disorder, chronic sinusitis, deviated nasal septum, and scars, but granted increased ratings of 20 percent for degenerative joint disease in the left and right ankles.
- Partly granted
The Board granted increased ratings for the Veteran's left and right knee disabilities, as well as his left ankle and right ankle disabilities, while denying an increased rating for his left wrist disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities which were considered static in nature reached a combined evaluation of 100 percent as of July 1, 2006. The Board found that the criteria for establishment of basic eligibility to Chapter 35 Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits were satisfied as of this date.
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