The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to a need for new examinations and consideration of outstanding VA treatment records.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's representative requested a new examination due to reported worsening of his right ankle and scar disabilities, and the most recent examination was in April 2014. The examiner is asked to assess current severity of these conditions and provide findings on functional loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ankle fracture, Surgical scars at the lateral and medial right ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2018
- Citation
- 1804529
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's motion to revise a March 1975 rating decision that assigned an initial noncompensable disability rating for service-connected right ankle fracture, finding no CUE in the decision.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, left ankle disorder, and right ankle fracture are all granted service connection. The right ankle fracture is remanded for a higher disability rating.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted an initial 40 percent rating for the Veteran's right ankle disability, finding that his symptoms more nearly approximated ankylosis in dorsiflexion at more than 10 degrees during flare-ups and after repetitive use over time.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's request for an effective date before April 23, 2021, for service connection for right ankle stress fracture of the talus with right ankle sprain and right ankle fracture is denied. The June 1998 and July 2002 rating decisions are final, and there was no pending claim or unadjudicated claim under 38 C.F.R. § 3.160(c) or informal claim under 38 C.F.R. §§ 3.155, 3.156 regarding the right ankle disability between the July 2002 rating decision and April 23, 2021.
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