The Board has determined that additional development is necessary prior to adjudication of the Veteran's claims for service connection for a right ankle condition and a right foot disability, both claimed as secondary to his service-connected right knee disability.
The deciding factor: Additional medical records are needed to clarify whether or not the Veteran's service-connected knee disability may have caused or aggravated any foot or ankle problems.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ankle condition, Right foot disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2010
- Citation
- 1001266
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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 a left and right ankle condition due to the lack of evidence showing current diagnoses, while remanding the claim for bilateral hearing loss for further medical evaluation.
- Denied
The Board denied readjudication of the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, aphthous ulcers, a right elbow condition, an enlarged prostate, a right ankle disorder, and a left ankle disorder as no new and relevant evidence was received.
- Partly granted
The Board granted the readjudication of claims for service connection based on new and relevant evidence, but remanded other claims for further examination.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for low back disability, diagnosed as spondylolisthesis at L4 and degenerative disc disease at L2-L3 and L4-L5. The left and right foot issues were remanded.
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