The Veteran's claim for service connection for a right ankle disability, including fracture residuals and RSD, has been reopened. The Board has remanded the issues of entitlement to service connection for his right ankle disability, as well as secondary claims for bilateral knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the Veteran relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim for a right ankle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), Status post tibial fracture, Right ankle joint pain, Severe right ankle sprain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20065989
Veterans Law Judge
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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