The veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected bilateral weak feet with metatarsalgia and any current right or left knee disorders or right or left hip disorders. The examiner must provide opinions regarding whether these conditions are related to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claims require additional development, including a VA examination to assess the severity of his service-connected bilateral weak feet with metatarsalgia and any current right or left knee disorders or right or left hip disorders. The examiner must provide opinions regarding whether these conditions are related to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral weak feet with metatarsalgia, arthritis of the left knee, arthritis of the right hip, arthritis of the left hip
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2004
- Citation
- 0432903
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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 service connection for arthritis of the right and left knees, finding that it is at least as likely as not that these conditions developed due to the Veteran's active military service.,No new evidence or exposure basis was provided in this decision.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for a special home adaptation grant as they do not result in anatomical loss or use of both hands, blindness in both eyes, deep partial thickness burns, full thickness or subdermal burns, or residuals of an inhalation injury.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for chondromalacia patella, patellofemoral crepitus, and arthritis of the left knee. Service connection for a left knee meniscal tear is denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for arthritis of the left knee and right knee to ensure compliance with a Joint Motion for Partial Remand from the Court.
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