The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his stress fracture of the left and right tibia, as well as his claim for TDIU due to service-connected disabilities. The Veteran is required to provide additional information about his employment history and any relevant medical records.
The deciding factor: The current severity of the Veteran’s residuals from stress fractures in both tibias needs to be assessed through a VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals, stress fracture, left tibia, residuals, stress fracture, right tibia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19135593
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Decisions by this judge: 1,858 · Granted: 24% (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
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