The Veteran's claim for a left ankle disorder is denied as there is no evidence of a current disability.,The effective date for the grant of a 10% rating for right ankle arthritis is being remanded due to lack of factual ascertainability within one year prior to December 28, 2015.,The Veteran's claim for a psychiatric disorder is remanded as there are conflicting medical opinions and missing records need to be obtained.,The Veteran's claim for a head injury/ TBI is being remanded due to the lack of an adequate VA examination.,The Veteran's claim for a seizure-like disorder is being remanded due to the lack of an adequate VA examination.,The Veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 10% for right ankle arthritis is being remanded as there are insufficient range of motion tests.

The deciding factor: There is no current evidence of a left ankle disorder during the period on appeal.,No factual ascertainable increase in the Veteran's right ankle arthritis occurred within one year prior to December 28, 2015.,Conflicting medical opinions and missing records need to be obtained for an accurate diagnosis.,An adequate VA examination is needed to determine if a head injury/ TBI was incurred during service.,An adequate VA examination is needed to determine the nature of any seizure-like disorder related to service.,Range of motion tests are insufficient, requiring another VA examination.

Claimed conditions

{"condition_name":"Left Ankle Disorder"}, {"condition_name":"Psychiatric Disorder (including unspecified psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, and schizoaffective disorder)"}, {"condition_name":"Head Injury/ Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)"}, {"condition_name":"Seizure-Like Disorder"}

How they argued it

Not specified

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

August 13, 2019

Citation

19162053

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