The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional evidence and development.
The deciding factor: Additional medical records, including those from SSA, VA treatment records, and personnel records, are needed to properly adjudicate the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative changes of the left great toe, arthritis of the left foot, degenerative changes of the right great toe, arthritis of the right foot, residuals of a right ankle injury, residuals of a left ankle sprain, plantar calcaneal spur of the left foot, bone spurs of the left foot, plantar calcaneal spur of the right foot, bone spurs of the right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2010
- Citation
- 1018019
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's left foot disability, including arthritis and post-operative management for arthroplasty of the left great toe, was granted service connection as it had its onset during active service and continued to the present.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran requested to withdraw her appeal for service connection of bone spurs in both feet, and the Board has dismissed the case as a result.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal concerning the disability evaluation for the Veteran's service-connected residuals of a neck strain is dismissed. The Veteran's claim for TDIU was denied as he does not meet the criteria under either the schedular or extraschedular standards.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a right ankle injury, residuals of a left knee injury, and tinnitus.
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