The Board has remanded the case for further adjudication, including determining whether the recharacterization of the Veteran's disability constituted a severance of service connection and whether he is entitled to a separate rating for right ankle symptomatology.
The deciding factor: The Court found that the Board failed to adequately explain its determination regarding the assignment of a separate rating for the Veteran’s right ankle symptoms, and thus remanded the matter for clarification or provision of separate ratings as necessary.
- Claimed conditions
- Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction with ongoing collapse, impingement and dysfunction of the posterior tibial tendon medially
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19188741
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,196 · Granted: 17% (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.
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The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 30 percent rating for Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction with ongoing collapse, impingement and dysfunction of the posterior tibial tendon medially was denied as there is no evidence or allegation of any pending claim prior to March 16, 2007 that could have resulted in an earlier effective date.
- Denied
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- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for a 30 percent rating for Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction with ongoing collapse, impingement and dysfunction of the posterior tibial tendon medially is denied as there was no pending claim prior to April 5, 2007 that could have resulted in the higher rating.
- Denied
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