The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased evaluations and a compensable evaluation due to inadequate examinations in previous decisions. The Veteran is required to be provided with new VA examinations to assess current severity of his service-connected right hip strain, left achilles tendonitis, and bilateral Achilles tendonitis.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the previous examinations did not adequately address functional loss due to flare-ups and range of motion testing for passive and active motions in both joints.
- Claimed conditions
- left achilles tendonitis, right hip strain, right Achilles tendonitis with arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2020
- Citation
- 20070085
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Decisions by this judge: 1,893 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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