The Board remands the case for further development to obtain the Veteran's complete personnel records to ascertain whether the Veteran's incurrence of his disability of the feet occurred during a period of active duty for training or inactive duty for training.
The deciding factor: The claim is being remanded due to the need for additional evidence regarding the Veteran's National Guard service and the dates of any active duty for training or inactive duty for training, as this information is critical to determining whether the disability was incurred in service.
- Claimed conditions
- bone spurs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2009
- Citation
- 0908931
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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bone spurs, bilateral hearing loss, a low back condition, and plantar fasciitis as the evidence did not support a current diagnosis or a nexus to service. The claim for impingement syndrome, left shoulder, was dismissed due to lack of timely supplemental claim.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for flat feet and bone spurs as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or caused by active duty, nor was there clear and unmistakable evidence that they pre-existed service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral foot disability, to include gout, for additional development including obtaining a new VA medical opinion and outstanding treatment records.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection were dismissed due to their death.
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