The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further examination and evaluation of his ankle disabilities, as well as service connection for bilateral knee disability. The current severity of the ankle conditions will be evaluated, and a new VA medical opinion will be obtained to address whether the knee disabilities are related to service.
The deciding factor: Further evidence is needed to determine the current severity of the Veteran's ankle disabilities and to assess whether his knee disabilities are secondary to his service-connected ankle disabilities or otherwise related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Left ankle disability","additional_notes":"Arthritis of the left ankle, instability"}, {"condition_name":"Right ankle disability","additional_notes":"No specific condition mentioned in text provided"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19193607
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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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