The Board has granted a temporary total evaluation for left ankle surgery from February 6, 2019, to August 1, 2019. However, the Veteran's claim remains in appellate status as he asserts entitlement to an additional extension of his temporary total disability rating beyond the initial six-month period.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has asserted that he is entitled to a temporary total evaluation until at least January 28, 2020, when he had another surgery. The question of whether this additional extension can be granted by the Board remains in appellate status.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 10, 2024
- Citation
- A24030299
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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.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an extension of a temporary total evaluation based on convalescence for left ankle surgery beyond July 1, 2019, as there were no severe postoperative residuals after this date.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeal for service connection of a right shoulder disability. Service connection is granted for OSA, left ankle, lumbar spine, and right hip disabilities. The claims for an acquired psychiatric disorder and coronary artery disease are remanded.
- Partly granted
The Board granted clothing allowances for a back brace and wheelchair, but denied them for a neck brace, bilateral knee braces, pain medication therapy, cane, and walker.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for left ankle disability, left ankle surgical scar, and bilateral eyes with dry eye syndrome were denied. The Board found no evidence of ankylosis or marked limitation of motion in the left ankle, which prevented a higher rating. For the left ankle scar, the medical evidence did not support a separate compensable rating under DC 7802. For the eyes, there was no incapacitating episodes and visual acuity and field were unaffected.
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