The Board has ordered the case to be remanded for further development of VA medical records related to the veteran's service-connected foot disorder.
The deciding factor: Further development is necessary due to new evidence and regulations requiring compliance with VCAA provisions.
- Claimed conditions
- onychomycosis of the toes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2004
- Citation
- 0405386
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Decisions by this judge: 1,710 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities, finding that her combined rating of 70% or more makes it at least as likely as not that she is unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment.
- Granted
The Veteran's TDIU claim is granted with an effective date of August 7, 2015. The diabetes mellitus and onychomycosis of the toes are rated at 20 percent.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's initial claim for an increased rating for diabetes mellitus, type II with onychomycosis of the toes is being remanded due to the addition of new medical evidence that has not been considered in the current decision.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for migraine headaches, obstructive sleep apnea, right wrist strain, sinusitis and allergic rhinitis, gynecological disorder (including dysmenorrhea and dyspareunia), plantar fasciitis of the right foot, residuals of a right ankle strain, retinal degeneration, and onychomycosis of the toes. The other conditions were either denied or not addressed in terms of service connection.
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