The Board has remanded the cases for further development due to deficiencies in previous VA examinations and unclear criteria for evaluating left ankle instability.
The deciding factor: The examination reports were deficient, and the criteria for determining left ankle instability severity need clarification.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic left ankle sprain, left ankle instability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 18, 2020
- Citation
- 20054499
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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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