The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional examinations and to obtain outstanding VA treatment records. The issues include ratings for right ankle, lumbar spine, left hip, and right hip disabilities.
The deciding factor: The examination is needed due to lack of specific measurements in the current VA contract examination report and to obtain all relevant medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of right ankle fracture with degenerative arthritis, status post exostosis, degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine with intervertebral disc syndrome, left hip arthritis, painful adduction with limited rotation and abduction, right hip arthritis, painful adduction with limited rotation and abduction, left hip arthritis, limitation of flexion, right hip arthritis, limitation of flexion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19120954
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,088 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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 higher ratings for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis with intervertebral disc syndrome, bilateral hip disabilities (right and left), limitation of extension, and TDIU. The reasons include the need to consider the ameliorative effects of medications used by the Veteran.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is dismissed. Service connection is granted for insomnia, degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine with intervertebral disc syndrome, and nerve damage to both lower extremities as secondary to the lumbar spine condition.
- Granted
The veteran's service connection claims for left and right ankle conditions, left hip femoral acetabular impingement syndrome, and degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine with intervertebral disc syndrome were granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's right ankle fracture with degenerative arthritis is rated as 20 percent disabling, which is the maximum schedular rating permitted for limited motion of the ankle. The evidence does not support a higher rating.,The Veteran's lumbar spine degenerative arthritis with intervertebral disc syndrome and bilateral hip disabilities are remanded for further examination to determine their current severity.,The Veteran's right hip arthritis, limitation of flexion is remanded for further evaluation.,The Veteran's left hip arthritis, painful adduction with limited rotation and abduction is also remanded for further evaluation.
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