Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for additional development, including obtaining a new VA examination and outstanding medical records.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to ensure compliance with prior remand directives and address inextricably intertwined issues.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle strain with degenerative arthritis, left ankle strain with degenerative arthritis, right ankle instability, left ankle instability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2025
- Citation
- 25003742
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