The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development and consideration of his claims, including service connection for additional right ankle disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the matter of entitlement to service connection for additional right ankle disability was inextricably intertwined with the rating claim for Achilles tendonitis and thus must be adjudicated first.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle Achilles tendonitis, recurrent right ankle sprains, right ankle degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2012
- Citation
- 1207514
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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 restored service connection for right ankle Achilles tendonitis and granted service connection for left ankle sprain, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are related to his active duty service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's eligibility for enrollment in the VA Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) is remanded due to a lack of clinical evidence supporting his need for personal care services, supervision or instruction. The Board finds that the medical opinion upon which the denial was based is legally inadequate and requires further review.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings on multiple service-connected knee and hip conditions has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for trigeminal nerve neuralgia due to the Veteran's service-connected frostbite of the ears, and increased the rating for right ankle degenerative joint disease from 10 percent to 20 percent. The claims for an increased rating for right ear frostbite and a separate rating for left ear frostbite residuals were denied.
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