The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for a video teleconference hearing before the Board of Veterans' Appeals. The issues are whether he should receive a higher rating for his left ankle arthritis and if he can get service connection for his hip degenerative joint disease as secondary to his ankle condition.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested a hearing, which is being scheduled by the RO.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic arthritis of the left ankle, left hip degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2012
- Citation
- 1238654
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for all issues related to service connection, including chronic right foot metatarsalgia at digit 3,4,5, left shoulder bicep tendonitis, right hip degenerative joint disease, hypertension, right shoulder bicep tendonitis, headaches, left hip degenerative joint disease, and atrial fibrillation with residual non ischemic cardiomyopathy.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings were denied as his conditions did not meet the criteria for higher ratings under applicable VA rating codes.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hip degenerative joint disease, finding that the conditions were diagnosed within one year of discharge from active service and are causally related to active service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left ankle instability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left ankle disability and hypertension, but denied increased ratings for the left ankle disability and other forms of arthritis.
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