The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to insufficient evidence regarding the veteran's service connection claims.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner was requested to provide an opinion on whether there is a 50 percent probability or greater that the veteran has any current residuals of in-service cold injury of the feet, including peripheral neuropathy.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of cold injury of the left foot, residuals of cold injury of the right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2008
- Citation
- 0834442
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's residuals of cold injury to both feet, effective from August 27, 2015. The decision is based on the Veteran's symptoms including arthralgia or other pain, cold sensitivity, nail abnormalities, and locally impaired sensation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the previously denied claim for service connection for residuals of cold injury of the left foot. The issue of entitlement to service connection for a left foot disorder, other than cold injury residuals, will be the subject of a separate decision docketed at the Board.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including cold injury of the bilateral feet and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation. As such, he is granted total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee and foot disabilities, as well as her right thumb disability, are being remanded for additional examinations to assess the current severity of these conditions. The issue of entitlement to a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) has also been raised by the record.
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