The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical evidence regarding a current foot skin disease and its relation to military service. The veteran will be scheduled for a VA examination to determine if he currently has any chronic foot diseases, and if so, whether they are related to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no current medical evidence of a chronic foot disease that can be linked to the veteran's military service.
- Claimed conditions
- fungal infection of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0613233
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for hypertension and denied service connection for a heart disorder, an acquired psychiatric disorder, a migraine headache disorder, a sleep apnea disorder, a fungal infection of the feet, a neck disorder, a back disorder, an eye/vision disorder, and a hearing loss disorder.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim to reopen for service connection of a fungal infection of the feet was denied as new and material evidence was not submitted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss and a fungal infection of the feet to obtain additional development, including VA examinations.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and other issues, finding that there was no evidence linking his conditions to service or exposure to herbicides. The effective date of service connection remains unchanged.
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