The Board has remanded the case due to an apparent conflict in the evidence regarding the veteran's discharge and a need to address whether new and material evidence was received to reopen a June 2002 VA determination as to the character of his service discharge for the period from May 21, 1993 to May 30, 2000.
The deciding factor: The case is remanded due to an apparent conflict in the evidence regarding the veteran's discharge and a need to address whether new and material evidence was received to reopen a June 2002 VA determination as to the character of his service discharge for the period from May 21, 1993 to May 30, 2000.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0631421
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Decisions by this judge: 103 · Granted: 13% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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 has granted service connection for right ankle tendonitis, finding that the Veteran's current disability is at least as likely as not related to his military service.
- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left ankle tendonitis due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error in the April 2021 medical opinion. The case is being returned to the AOJ for an addendum opinion.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeal regarding the proposed discontinuance of a temporary total rating based on convalescence for right ankle tendonitis and instability status-post subtalar arthrodesis ORIF due to procedural issues.
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