The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right ankle disability and remanded her claim for a higher rating for her service-connected right knee patella fracture.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show a current diagnosis of a right ankle disability or functional impairment affecting earning capacity.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ankle swelling, Right knee patella fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 18, 2021
- Citation
- 21030231
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied payment for non-VA medical services provided to the Veteran on June 15, 2015 due to lack of prior authorization and failure to meet emergency treatment criteria.,The Board also denied payment for non-VA medical services provided to the Veteran on September 17, 2015 because it was not found to be an emergency condition.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a higher rating prior to April 8, 2015 and did not meet criteria for any of the requested increased ratings.
- Denied
The Board found no current, chronic disease process causing swelling in the veteran's right ankle and concluded that service connection for a right ankle disability manifested by swelling is not warranted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including obtaining informed consent documents and scheduling a VA examination.
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