The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to provide her with a VA examination for her service-connected scars and plantar fasciitis, as well as to obtain additional medical records.
The deciding factor: The Veteran has not been provided with an adequate opportunity to have her service-connected conditions evaluated due to the lack of recent medical examinations and missing medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- scars, residual of Caesarean sections, plantar fasciitis, left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2009
- Citation
- 0930500
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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