The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for chronic athlete's foot, a bilateral foot disorder, defective hearing, loss of visual acuity, conjunctivitis, and residuals of a sebaceous cyst are denied. The claim for service connection for a bilateral foot disorder is remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support the veteran's claims for service connection for these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Foot Disorder, Chronic Athlete's Foot, Conjunctivitis, Defective Hearing, Loss of Visual Acuity, Residuals of a Sebaceous Cyst, Left Eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2004
- Citation
- 0413717
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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
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