The Board of Veterans' Appeals has ordered the case remanded due to failure to comply with provisions of 38 U.S.C.A. § 5103, and the veteran is required to submit medical records from health care providers.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded because the Board did not advise the veteran to secure reports from physicians who had treated his fungal disorder during the years between separation from service and appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- toenail fungus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0019951
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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 Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including neck, low back, hand, shoulder, knee, wrist, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, hemorrhoids, psychiatric disorder, toenail fungus, hearing loss, and migraines, as there was no evidence of a nexus between the Veteran's current disabilities and his military service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability, left knee disability, right upper extremity numbness, left upper extremity numbness, right lower extremity numbness, left lower extremity numbness, erectile dysfunction, and toenail fungus.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for toenail fungus and GERD to correct duty to assist errors, including obtaining a VA examination for both conditions.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a right foot disability and remanded claims for PTSD, jock itch, pseudo folliculitis, bilateral rhonchi, OSA, and left lower extremity condition.
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