The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of sufficient information regarding the Veteran's functional loss during flares or repetitive use, and a new examination is required.
The deciding factor: The VA examination did not sufficiently inform the Board on Appellant's functional loss on repeated use in violation of Sharp v. Shulkin (2017).
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a stress fracture of the left tibia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19112931
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 499 · Granted: 18% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 19112931.
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: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for bursitis of the right shoulder, allergic rhinitis (claimed as sinusitis), right ankle pain, and mitral valve regurgitation. The initial ratings assigned for degenerative disc disease with spondylosis at L1-2 and L2-3, hepatitis B, residuals of a stress fracture of the right lower leg, and residuals of a stress fracture of the left lower leg were also denied.
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