The Board has ordered a new VA examination to determine the etiology of any diagnosed right lower extremity disabilities, including all right ankle and foot disabilities. The Veteran's claim will be remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: A new VA examiner is needed to address whether any diagnosed right lower extremity disabilities are related to service or pre-service conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Right lower extremity disability, Pes planus, right, Ankle equines, right, Forefoot abduction, right, PTTD, right
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2010
- Citation
- 1025853
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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).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection for hypertension, warts, and bilateral lower extremity disabilities due to errors in creating an adequate TERA memorandum and failure to obtain a TERA nexus opinion. The VA RO is required to create a new TERA memorandum considering all possible TERAs, including those related to Persian Gulf service, asbestos exposure at Fort McClellan, and the Veteran's MOS. A new TERA nexus opinion must be obtained for each of these disabilities.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional medical opinions are needed to properly address the Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to his cervical spine surgeries, as there were gaps in the reasoning provided by the examiner regarding whether the disability was aggravated or unforeseeable.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matters for further development, including obtaining adequate medical examinations to determine the Veteran's current level of disability and whether there is loss of use of both feet or legs.
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