The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for higher ratings for his service-connected bilateral heel, knee, and hip disabilities due to additional VA examination reports and treatment records being added to the file. The TDIU claim is also raised by the record and should be adjudicated in the first instance.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence was generated by VA and not considered in the most recent decision, necessitating a remand for further review.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip fracture, right heel stress fracture, left heel stress fracture, right knee stress fracture, left knee stress fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 2, 2022
- Citation
- 22012210
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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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- Denied
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