The Board has determined that additional medical examinations are necessary to properly evaluate the appellant's service-connected low back and foot disabilities, as well as to determine if separate disability ratings for her right and left foot conditions are warranted.
The deciding factor: The current evidence of record is insufficient to make a decision on the claims without further examination and consideration of symptomatology attributable to each condition.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic intermittent lumbosacral strain, plantar fasciitis of the left foot, plantar fasciitis of the right foot with secondary traumatic heel fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2010
- Citation
- 1020582
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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
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