The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further evidentiary development, including clarification of the presence or absence of malunion/nonunion in both left and right tibia and fibula fractures.
The deciding factor: Clarification is needed regarding whether the Veteran experiences malunion or nonunion in both left and right tibia and fibula fractures.
- Claimed conditions
- left tibia/fibula fracture, right tibia and fibula fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 7, 2016
- Citation
- 1609009
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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's appeals for service connection for bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, a rating in excess of 20 percent for a right ulna fracture, and a rating in excess of 30 percent for a right tibia and fibula fracture prior to September 1, 2019, and in excess of 40 percent thereafter have been dismissed. The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 30 percent for persistent depressive disorder is remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the claim for a separate rating for residuals of left tibia/fibula fracture needs to be remanded due to new evidence and intertwined claims. The Veteran's ankle disability was also recently granted service connection, which may affect the lower leg fracture issue.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including obtaining relevant medical records and providing a VA examination to assess the Veteran's functional impairment due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including new VA examinations and the obtaining of outstanding medical records.
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