The Board has remanded the cases for further adjudication due to procedural issues related to the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000 (VCAA).
The deciding factor: The VCAA requires notification and assistance in obtaining evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral pes planus with callosities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0610931
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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 the veteran's claims for initial compensable ratings for tinea pedis, hammertoes, hallux valgus, and pes planus, as well as the propriety of a noncompensable rating for surgical scars from hammertoe repair.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for TDIU due to service-connected bilateral pes planus with callosities is being remanded as additional development is required to assess the functional impairment imposed by his disability.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 30 percent for bilateral pes planus, finding that the disability was not more than severely disabling.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, effective from the date of the February 2025 rating decision.
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