The Board has ordered a remand for further development of the Veteran's left ankle disability, including an examination and additional medical records. The appeal is currently in remanded status.
The deciding factor: The decision was not explicitly made on service connection but rather on the rating assigned to the condition.
- Claimed conditions
- status post left ankle strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2012
- Citation
- 1237196
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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 Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted due to the submission of new and relevant evidence. The issues of service connection for sleep apnea, elevated blood pressure now claimed as hypertension, recurrent gouty arthritis, right great toe, status post left ankle strain, and status post right ankle strain are remanded.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not meet the criteria for special monthly compensation based on housebound status, as he is able to leave his home for medical appointments and grocery shopping.
- Denied
The Veteran's left ankle disability, which is service-connected, has been rated at 10 percent since the initial grant of service connection. The Board finds that his current symptoms do not warrant a higher rating as they are best characterized as moderate limitation of motion.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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