The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been presented to reopen the claim for service connection for a fracture of the right ankle, as the additional evidence does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence is cumulative and redundant of the evidence of record at the time of the previous final denial of the claim, and does not present any new information that could support service connection for the fracture of the right ankle.
- Claimed conditions
- fracture of the right ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2012
- Citation
- 1234165
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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The veteran's right ankle disability, manifested by pain and marked limitation of motion without ankylosis, is currently rated at 20 percent under Diagnostic Code 5271. This rating reflects the maximum schedular evaluation available for this condition.
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