The Veteran's service-connected stress fractures of the right and left tibia are currently rated at 10 percent each, but do not meet the criteria for higher ratings due to lack of specific functional limitations.,Service connection for PTSD is remanded as there was no determination on this issue.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's stress fractures have not resulted in any additional functional limitations that would warrant a higher rating under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- Stress Fracture of Right Tibia, Stress Fracture of Left Tibia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 22, 2024
- Citation
- 24017075
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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 Veteran's claim for a compensable rating prior to February 26, 2018 and in excess of 10 percent thereafter for stress fracture of the right tibia was denied. The Board found that his condition did not meet criteria for a higher rating under Diagnostic Code 5262 due to lack of malunion or other impairment affecting knee or ankle function. Service connection for lumbosacral strain as secondary to a right leg disability was also denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to determine the nature and etiology of his claimed right shin splints, stress fracture of the right tibia, and lumbosacral DDD and strain.
- Granted
The Veteran's gastroesophageal reflux disease with history of duodenal ulcer is currently rated as 30 percent disabling since January 28, 2016.,The Veteran's stress fracture of the left tibia was initially noncompensably disabling and has been increased to a 10 percent rating effective January 28, 2016.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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