The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development of his claims, including obtaining medical records from various VA facilities and off-site searches at Fort Dix and McGuire Air Force Base.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to fully evaluate the Veteran's claims due to missing or mislaid records and incomplete search efforts.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of a right knee injury, degenerative joint disease (right knee), residuals of a left ankle fracture, degenerative joint disease (left ankle), plantar fasciitis (left foot)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2011
- Citation
- 1129125
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that new and relevant evidence has been submitted to warrant readjudication of the claim for service connection for residuals of a left ankle fracture. The claim is now remanded for further action.
- Granted
The Board granted a rating of 20 percent for the Veteran's residuals of a left ankle fracture, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and TDIU due to a need for an adequate medical opinion.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a separate 10 percent rating for plantar fasciitis and a separate 30 percent rating of bilateral claw foot (pes cavus), while denying increased ratings for the Veteran's bilateral flatfoot, left foot hallux valgus, and right foot hallux valgus.
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