Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a rating in excess of 20 percent for right and left ankle disabilities due to an incomplete VA examination.
The deciding factor: The April 2024 examiner did not specify which nerves (if any) were impaired, or the extent of such impairment, making further examination necessary.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle disability, left ankle disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2025
- Citation
- 25003427
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