The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for a current examination to determine if his service-connected left foot fractures result in loss of use of the left foot, and whether he would be equally well served by an amputation with prosthesis.
The deciding factor: The claim requires a current medical opinion regarding the presence of loss of use of the left foot due to service-connected residuals of the third and fourth metatarsals of the left foot.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2010
- Citation
- 1013484
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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 Veteran was awarded a TDIU on both a schedular and an extraschedular basis for his service-connected disabilities from July 20, 2012 through December 1, 2014.,The decision is based on the Veteran's inability to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation due to his service-connected left foot disability and left upper extremity disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service connection claims, including those for hepatic steatosis, loss of use of his feet and hands, vision disability, renal condition, immune system dysfunction, cardiovascular condition, and psychological disability. The AOJ is instructed to schedule examinations for these conditions and provide a rationale for their relationship to service or secondary to RA.
- Denied
The Veteran's only service-connected disability is bilateral hearing loss. The other claimed conditions are not related to his hearing loss and do not meet the criteria for basic eligibility for financial assistance for automobile or other conveyance and adaptive equipment, or for adaptive equipment only.
- Granted
The Board has granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on loss of use of both the right and left feet for the Veteran's service-connected third degree burns with intractable plantar keratosis.
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