The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to missing service treatment records. The issues of entitlement to service connection for a right hand/wrist disability, left hand/wrist disability, low back disability, gynecological disability (including ovarian cyst), and onychomycosis are all pending.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's claims were remanded due to missing service treatment records and directed further development in this regard.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain, right ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain with laxity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2020
- Citation
- 20073972
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions were granted effective from July 1, 2020.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal because the appellant requested to withdraw his appeal for service connection claims related to left ankle lateral collateral ligament sprain, left knee strain, bilateral hearing loss, and low back injury.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for all issues related to service connection and rating decisions from February 2017, May 2019, and November 2019 due to untimely Notice of Disagreement filings.
- Denied
The Board denied the appellant's claims for effective dates prior to June 10, 2022, for service connection of various conditions. The appeal is also remanded for further action on some issues.
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