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Citation Nr: 1630475
Decision Date: 07/29/16
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Archive Date: 08/04/16

05-29 331 ) DATE

On appeal from the

Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in San Juan, the Commonwealt
THE ISSUE
Entitlement to service connection for residuals of right ankle injury.
REPRESENTATION
Appellant represented by: Vietnam Veterans of America
WITNESS AT HEARING ON APPEAL
Appellant
ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD
Siobhan Brogdon, Counsel
INTRODUCTION
The Veteran served on active duty from August 1974 to August 1976.

This appeal comes before the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Board of V
The Veteran was afforded a hearing at the RO in November 2005.

The transcr

By decision in November 2013, the Board denied entitlement to service conne

In July 2015, the Board remanded the matter for further development consist

Following review of the record, the appeal is REMANDED to the Agency of Ori
REMAND
The Veteran asserts that he has residuals of in-service right ankle injury

In their June 2016 Appellate Brief, the appellant and his representative ma

Nevertheless, the Board finds that there is a questionable aspect of the Oc

Accordingly, the case is REMANDED for the following actions:
1.

Schedule the Veteran for a VA orthopedic examination by an appropriate

2.

After development requested above has been completed, the RO must revie

3.

After taking any further development deemed appropriate, readjudicate t

The appellant has the right to submit additional evidence and argument on t
This claim must be afforded expeditious treatment.

The law requires that a

appropriate action must be handled in an expeditious manner.

See 38 U.S.C.

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DAVID L. WIGHT
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans' Appeals

Under 38 U.S.C.A. 7252 (West 2014), only a decision of the Board of Vete