The veteran's claims for special monthly compensation based on loss of use of both feet and specially adapted housing or a home adaptation grant are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including medical examinations.
The deciding factor: The evidence is unclear as to whether the veteran has permanent loss of use of one or both lower extremities due to his service-connected disability alone.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2006
- Citation
- 0619357
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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.
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal in its entirety, and the claims for service connection and higher ratings were dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right ankle condition, left ankle fracture, psychological disorder, and back condition to ensure that all evidence reviewed by the AOJ at the time of the January 2021 rating decision is properly documented.
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