The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining hospitalization records from Camp Lejeune and reviewing the claims file with a VA orthopedist to determine if any ankle disorder is related to service.
The deciding factor: Further development is required as requested by the Court's October 2003 Order to address whether the Veteran's osteoarthritis, including stress fractures of the ankles, are related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- osteoarthritis, residuals of stress fractures of the ankles
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1031141
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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
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