The Board has decided to remand the case for further development, including a VA examination and consideration of new evidence.
The deciding factor: The veteran's disability may have changed in severity since her last VA examination, and she is currently undergoing treatment. The Board requests additional information from the RO and a VA examination to assess the current level of severity of her service-connected right ankle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- sprained right ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 1, 2007
- Citation
- 0734306
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an earlier effective date for service connection of various conditions based on clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in a March 1995 rating decision.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied as the conditions did not have onset in active service or are otherwise unrelated to service.
- Denied
The Board found that there is no evidence of a right ankle disability during service and no continuity of symptoms post-service. The Veteran's current right ankle condition was diagnosed years after service, and the VA examiner concluded it is not related to his in-service sprain.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's throat cancer is not related to service, and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
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