The Board has granted the Veteran's requests to readjudicate his claims for service connection for right and left ankle disabilities, as well as a right foot disability. However, these issues are being remanded due to new evidence submitted after the November 2022 rating decision.
The deciding factor: New evidence presented since the November 2022 rating decision is relevant to the issue of service connection for the Veteran's ankle and foot disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disability (adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and mixed depression with panic disorder), Right ankle instability and arthralgia, Left ankle arthralgia, Right foot degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2026
- Citation
- A26029377
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not preclude him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The claims for higher ratings for degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine, left foot degenerative arthritis, and right foot degenerative arthritis are remanded due to an insufficient examination.
- Partly granted
The Board granted initial evaluations for degenerative arthritis of the right ankle and right leg length discrepancy, while denying an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for right hip sprain with impairment of the thigh and an evaluation in excess of 20 percent for right foot degenerative arthritis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives, and another remand is required before service connection for a right foot disability can be adjudicated.
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