The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a rating in excess of 20 percent for bilateral achilles tendonitis and entitlement to TDIU due to service-connected disabilities for additional development, including obtaining a VA medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's ankle limitations constitute the functional equivalent of ankylosis.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that remand is required to obtain a VA medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's ankle limitations constitute the functional equivalent of ankylosis due to the inadequacy in the previous decision regarding this issue.
- Claimed conditions
- left achilles tendonitis, right achilles tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2025
- Citation
- 25003521
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Decisions by this judge: 1,820 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a lumbar spine disability. The claims for service connection for bilateral pes planus and right Achilles tendonitis as secondary to bilateral pes planus are remanded due to potential issues with the pre-service diagnosis of these conditions.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for left achilles tendonitis, finding that new evidence received since the previous denial supports this determination.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for various conditions due to missing VA records and unsuccessful attempts to retrieve private treatment records. The Veteran is advised to submit any available private information.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran was granted service connection for left and right achilles tendonitis effective May 1, 2010. The decision is based on the facts found but not earlier than the date of receipt of his claim.
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