The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for right ankle strain, right knee pain, and complex regional pain syndrome with traumatic arthritis, right foot due to a duty to assist error in adjudicating her September 2019 claim for a temporary total evaluation following her right ankle surgery. The issues are now inextricably intertwined as the Veteran testified that these conditions are all related.
The deciding factor: The Board found a duty to assist error occurred with the December 2019 rating decision and remanded the claims due to an inappropriately interpreted claim for a temporary total evaluation following her right ankle surgery, which is now considered part of her overall right ankle condition.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle strain, right knee pain, complex regional pain syndrome with traumatic arthritis, right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2024
- Citation
- A24023920
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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 Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right ankle strain and right foot condition, finding no current disability related to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several service connection claims due to the need for additional medical records and examinations.,Service connection is denied for tinnitus.
- Partly granted
The claims for service connection for hypertension, back pain, right hip pain, left hip pain, right knee pain, and left knee pain have been readjudicated. The claim for sleep apnea has also been readjudicated.,Service connection has been granted for a neck condition, back pain, right hip pain, left hip pain, right knee pain, left knee pain, an acquired psychiatric disorder, bruxism, and vertigo.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and initial compensable ratings for his bilateral hip/thigh and right ankle conditions require additional medical examination to determine their current severity.
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