The Veteran's claim for an increased rating in excess of 20 percent for residuals of a right tibia and fibula fracture is remanded due to the lack of information regarding any associated ankle disability.
The deciding factor: There are no recent ankle examinations of record nor do any treatment records evaluate the severity of any ankle disability associated with the Veteran's malunion of the tibia and fibula.
- Claimed conditions
- Right tibia and fibula fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19158715
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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.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation prior to April 6, 2022. Therefore, the claim for TDIU prior to that date is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 30 percent for residuals of a right tibia and fibula fracture, an effective date prior to March 15, 2013, for TDIU, and an effective date prior to March 15, 2013, for eligibility to Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA). The claims are remanded due to the need for a new VA examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted extension of a temporary total (100 percent) evaluation for convalescence following surgically corrected right tibia and fibula fracture through May 31, 2013. The issues of increased ratings for left-sided peroneal tendon subluxation and surgically corrected right tibia and fibula fracture are remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment, and therefore the criteria for a TDIU have not been met.
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