The Board has remanded the case for further development, including providing VCAA notice and adjudicating the issue of special monthly compensation due to service-connected foot disability.
The deciding factor: The Court found that the matter of special monthly compensation was inextricably intertwined with the issue on appeal and ordered it be considered together.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hallux valgus with metatarsalgia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2008
- Citation
- 0809414
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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 Veteran's appeal is being remanded to the RO for further development, including a clarification of whether he has loss of use of either foot due to his service-connected bilateral hallux valgus with metatarsalgia.
- Granted
The Veteran's bilateral hallux valgus with metatarsalgia is currently rated at 20 percent, and he remains entitled to this rating. His entitlement to special monthly compensation based on the loss of use of a foot was denied.
- Granted
The Board has granted a 20 percent rating for bilateral hallux valgus with metatarsalgia and denied a compensable rating for pes planus.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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