The Board remands the case to the RO for further development and consideration of the veteran's claims.
The deciding factor: Further development is necessary before a decision can be made on the merits of the veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral Achilles tendonitis, status-post right shoulder injury, recurrent bilateral patellofemoral pain syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2009
- Citation
- 0903850
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Decisions by this judge: 2,977 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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 granted service connection for a right shoulder condition, left shoulder condition, right foot conditions (hallux rigidus, calcaneal spurs, and plantar fascitis), left foot conditions (hallux rigidus, calcaneal spurs, and plantar fascitis), and bilateral Achilles tendonitis.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis and bilateral Achilles tendonitis, finding that the conditions are related to foot injuries incurred during active service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's bilateral Achilles tendonitis, bilateral pes planus, bilateral metatarsalgia, bilateral hallux valgus, bilateral hallux rigidus, left navicular avulsion fracture, and left great toe degenerative arthritis. The issues of secondary service connection have also been resolved in favor of the Veteran.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a bilateral foot condition. The other issues on appeal are remanded.
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