The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including obtaining a supplemental VA medical opinion on whether his current right ankle disability is etiologically linked to service.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the Veteran has established a current disability of the right ankle and needs additional evidence to determine if it is related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic right ankle disability, chronic left ankle disability, chronic bilateral leg disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2013
- Citation
- 1303713
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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.
- Partly granted
The appeal for service connection for bilateral flatfoot and left shoulder condition was denied due to lack of new evidence. The appeals for left knee, right knee, low back conditions, and chronic right ankle disability were remanded for reconsideration based on new evidence.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic right ankle disability, finding that there is no evidence of a chronic right ankle disability during or within one year after the July 1993 period of INACDUTRA. The weight of the evidence does not support a finding that the current right ankle disability was caused by the July 1993 injury.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for chronic low back pain and chronic right ankle pain, finding that these conditions began during service and are related to the Veteran's military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted the petitions to reopen claims for service connection for degenerative changes, left knee with Baker’s cyst; chronic left ankle disability; seborrheic dermatitis (claimed as a skin condition due to undiagnosed illness); and hypothyroidism. The claim for service connection for tinnitus is denied.
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