The Veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral foot condition and lung condition are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including VA examinations.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence is needed to determine if the Veteran's current conditions are related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Foot Condition, Lung Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1014304
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an initial rating in excess of 70 percent for PTSD and remanded the claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, a lung condition, and entitlement to TDIU.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a compensable rating for GERD, service connection for skin condition, and service connection for lung condition due to missing evidence in the claims file.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and an earlier effective date, finding that there was no evidence of current conditions or in-service aggravation to support these claims.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 70 percent disability rating prior to January 23, 2020, and the claim for a higher rating from that date was denied. The Board also remanded the issue of service connection for a bilateral foot condition.
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