The Board has ordered the VA to make additional efforts to locate and obtain clinical records from Osan Air Force Base Hospital, Korea, for November 1963 to November 1964, as well as treatment records from VAMC in Omaha, Nebraska, from December 1964 to November 1992. The veteran's claim will be readjudicated after these efforts are completed.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to locate and obtain clinical records for the veteran's treatment at Osan Air Force Base Hospital, Korea, and VAMC in Omaha, Nebraska, from relevant time periods.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0603619
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,293 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Search VA.gov for the original decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 0603619.
What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal seeking readjudication of the previously denied claim for PTSD and multiple other conditions is dismissed due to a procedural defect. The Veteran's authorized representative at the time the appeal was submitted did not have the authority to file the appeal.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral foot disorder, right shoulder disorder, and left shoulder disorder.,Service connection is also granted for these conditions based on direct evidence of a nexus to service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a lack of a VA examination, and therefore, the claim for service connection for a bilateral foot disorder is being returned to the AOJ for further action.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal for service connection of a bilateral foot disorder is dismissed. The appeals for service connection of OSA, cervical spine disorder, left shoulder disorder, right shoulder disorder, left elbow disorder, right elbow disorder, right hip disorder, left hip disorder, and right ankle disorder are remanded.
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