The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining additional medical records and providing corrective VCAA notice.
The deciding factor: Further development is required to obtain pertinent medical records and provide proper VCAA notification.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral metatarsal osteotomy residuals, residuals of a left ankle injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2006
- Citation
- 0613850
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including GERD, neck injury, right knee injury, left knee injury, shrapnel wound to the lower left leg, right ankle injury, left ankle injury, RLE neuropathy, and lower back injury.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board granted a readjudication of the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a left ankle injury due to new and relevant evidence. The case is remanded for further adjudication.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a left ankle injury is denied, while his claim for insomnia disorder is granted.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure or maintain substantially gainful employment, and thus denied his claim for TDIU.
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