The Board remands the issues of service connection for anxiety and a low back disability to the RO for further development. The veteran's claim for service connection for a foot disability was denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports are not adequate for adjudication purposes, as they fail to address relevant evidence and provide supporting rationale.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety, low back disability, foot disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2008
- Citation
- 0809658
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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