The Veteran's claim is being remanded to evaluate his current disability severity and to determine if he took appropriate steps to notify VA of his change in address.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that an updated VA examination is required to determine the current severity of the Veteran’s right leg disability, and additional development is needed to assess whether the Veteran notified VA of his change of address prior to receiving the June 2003 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a stress fracture of the right tibia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2018
- Citation
- 18125490
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right and left tibial stress fractures due to inadequate examination findings regarding flare-ups.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for a compensable rating for residuals of a stress fracture of the right tibia prior to February 26, 2018 and for a rating in excess of 10 percent thereafter are remanded. The claim to reopen a service connection claim for lumbosacral strain is also remanded due to its inextricability with the other claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated treatment records and scheduling the Veteran for a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected bilateral tibia disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of stress fractures of both the right and left tibia since September 18, 2008.
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