Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the appeal to obtain a current ankle examination and additional records to make an informed decision on the Veteran's claim for higher disability ratings.
The deciding factor: A current in-person examination is needed to assess the severity of the Veteran's service-connected right ankle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic right ankle sprain with mild degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2025
- Citation
- 25000894
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