The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to insufficient evidence on whether the veteran's current foot condition and back pain are related to service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence is insufficient upon which to render a decision regarding the relationship between the veteran's current conditions and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral Taylor bunions, degenerative changes of the cervical and lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2007
- Citation
- 0732698
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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
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- Denied
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- Denied
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