The Veteran's ankle disability is being remanded due to concerns about the care he received from VA medical professionals, which may have caused or exacerbated his condition.
The deciding factor: VA treatment of the Veteran's left ankle injury may have led to additional disability not reasonably foreseeable by a reasonable health care provider.
- Claimed conditions
- left ankle arthritis, residual nerve damage, scarring
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 3, 2022
- Citation
- 22050561
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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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