The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for right and left shin splints due to a lack of sufficient information from the VA examination regarding whether the ankle sprains are related to her service-connected bilateral shin splints. The case will be returned to the RO or AMC for further development.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide an opinion with supporting rationale as to whether the Veteran's ankle sprains were related to her service-connected bilateral shin splints.
- Claimed conditions
- right shin splints, left shin splints
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18160294
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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.
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