The Board has determined that further development is necessary for the veteran's claims, including obtaining medical opinions regarding service connection and increased evaluation.
The deciding factor: Further examination and opinion are needed to determine the nature and etiology of the veteran's claimed conditions and their relationship to her military service.
- Claimed conditions
- bunion of the right foot, arthritis of the left big toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2007
- Citation
- 0718614
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a bunion of the right foot for additional development, including obtaining an addendum medical opinion and verifying any duty dates in October 2008.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal regarding his claim for service connection for a bunion of the right foot has been dismissed due to their death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings of the lumbosacral spine and tinnitus have been withdrawn.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, pes planus, and bunions of the feet were denied due to lack of new and material evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a bunion of the right foot, finding that there was no evidence linking her current condition to her military service.
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