The Veteran's right ankle peroneal tendonitis and other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder (psychiatric disability) have been rated, but the Board has ordered remand for additional development due to missing VA examination records.
The deciding factor: The claim is being remanded because the Veteran did not appear for a scheduled psychiatric examination, preventing the evaluation of his current severity and impairment level.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle peroneal tendonitis, other specified trauma and stressor-related disorder (psychiatric disability)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2023
- Citation
- 23002670
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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The Board denied an evaluation greater than 30 percent for PTSD prior to March 10, 2020 and dismissed the claim for an earlier effective date for TDIU. The claims for service connection for sleep apnea, bilateral hearing loss, degenerative arthritis of the spine with cervical osteophytes, and right ankle peroneal tendonitis were remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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