The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for right foot and toes conditions, head injury, bilateral knee conditions, and a leg scar related to the in-service fracture. The Veteran's current disabilities are not definitively linked to his tibial plateau fracture.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address whether the right femur fracture disability proximately caused or aggravated the right foot and toes disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Femur Fracture, Right Foot and Toes Conditions, Right Leg Scar
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 9, 2022
- Citation
- 22007469
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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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- Partly granted
The Veteran's initial rating for CAD prior to May 23, 2014 is denied. A higher rating for CAD from May 23, 2014 to September 3, 2019 is also denied. An initial 10 percent rating is granted for a right leg scar. The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted effective September 28, 2012, but the Board remanded the issue of whether he should have received a TDIU prior to that date.
- Granted
The Veteran's right femur fracture with total hip replacement is granted at a 70 percent rating from April 29, 2021 onwards.
- Granted
The Veteran's PTSD has been granted an initial rating of 70 percent, effective September 4, 2014. A total disability rating due to individual unemployability is also granted from September 4, 2014.
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