The Board is remanding the case to obtain additional medical records and ship logs from the USS OZBOURN during the Veteran's service, in order to determine if there is new and material evidence to reopen his claim for service connection of a bilateral foot callus condition.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to gather more information about the Veteran's service on the USS OZBOURN to assess whether there is new and material evidence supporting his claim.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot callus condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2010
- Citation
- 1019966
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral foot calluses and toe deformities, as well as special monthly compensation based on loss of use, for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities, finding that his bilateral foot callus condition and recurrent epistaxis do not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient consideration of whether a TDIU is warranted based on service-connected disabilities. The Veteran's combined rating does not meet the schedular criteria for a TDIU, but may be eligible for an extra-schedular TDIU if unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any current erectile dysfunction disability and an evaluation of his ability to maintain gainful employment due to service-connected disabilities.
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