The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a VA examination to determine the etiology of his left foot condition and a skin examination to assess the severity of his right foot plantar warts.
The deciding factor: Further medical evaluation is needed to clarify the nature and cause of the Veteran's current left foot condition and to provide an accurate assessment of his right foot plantar warts.
- Claimed conditions
- plantar warts of the left foot, porokeratosis plantaris discrete, bilaterally
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1041652
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral flatfoot disabilities, but denied service connection for plantar warts of the left foot.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for hammertoes of both feet and plantar warts of the left foot, finding that these conditions are secondary to service-connected bony exostoses.
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