The Board remands the claim for a left lower leg disability, to include a left ankle disability, for further development and an examination.
The deciding factor: The February 2021 VA medical opinion is inadequate due to reliance on a lack of records as the sole reason for the negative opinion. Additionally, new evidence was provided during the Veteran's Board hearing that warrants recharacterization of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower leg disability, to include left ankle
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25027473
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Decisions by this judge: 2,084 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
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