Citation Nr: 1237312	
Decision Date: 10/31/12    Archive Date: 11/09/12

DOCKET NO.  10-21 248	)	DATE
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On appeal from the
Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Hartford, Connecticut


THE ISSUES

1.  Entitlement to an increased rating for a right ankle disability, currently evaluated as 10 percent disabling.

2.  Entitlement to an increased rating for a left ankle disability, currently evaluated as 10 percent disabling.


REPRESENTATION

Veteran represented by:	Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs


ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD

Jennifer R. White, Associate Counsel



INTRODUCTION

The Veteran served on active duty from January 1959 to February 1961.

This case comes before the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) on appeal from a September 2009 rating decision of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office (RO) in Hartford, Connecticut.

The appeal is REMANDED to the RO via the Appeals Management Center (AMC), in Washington, DC.  VA will notify the Veteran if further action is required.


REMAND

In correspondence received at the Board during October 2010, the Veteran requested that he be afforded a Board hearing at the RO.  Thus, the case must be returned to the RO to schedule such hearing.  

Accordingly, the case is REMANDED for the following action:

Schedule the Veteran for a Board hearing before a Veterans Law Judge sitting at the RO. 

The Veteran has the right to submit additional evidence and argument on the matter or matters the Board has remanded.  Kutscherousky v. West, 12 Vet. App. 369 (1999).


These claims must be afforded expeditious treatment.  The law requires that all claims that are remanded by the Board of Veterans' Appeals or by the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for additional development or other appropriate action must be handled in an expeditious manner.  See 38 U.S.C.A. §§ 5109B, 7112 (West Supp. 2011).



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ERIC S. LEBOFF	
Veterans Law Judge, Board of Veterans' Appeals

Under 38 U.S.C.A. § 7252 (West 2002), only a decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals is appealable to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.  This remand is in the nature of a preliminary order and does not constitute a decision of the Board on the merits of your appeal.  38 C.F.R. § 20.1100(b) (2011).