The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lower back spondylolisthesis and right ankle chronic pain, status post surgical repair fracture are being remanded to allow for additional development.
The deciding factor: Additional medical examinations are needed to determine the current severity of the Veteran's disabilities and their impact on his daily functioning.
- Claimed conditions
- lower back spondylolisthesis, right ankle chronic pain, status post surgical repair fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 4, 2016
- Citation
- 1617913
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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 a rating in excess of 20 percent for lower back spondylolisthesis and for an effective date prior to February 5, 2013, for the grant of service connection for lower back spondylolisthesis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for a higher rating and an earlier effective date for his service-connected lower back spondylolisthesis are being remanded due to the need for clarification on whether he has ankylosis of the spine, as well as obtaining updated VA treatment records.
- 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.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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