The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining a medical opinion regarding the relationship between his service-connected right foot fracture residuals and his claimed disabilities of the feet, knees, hips, and lumbar spine.
The deciding factor: The Veteran presented testimony indicating that his orthopedic symptoms are secondary to gait alterations caused by his service-connected right foot fracture residuals. The Board notes this possibility but requires further development to obtain a medical opinion regarding the relationship between these disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- navicular fracture, right foot, bilateral osteoarthritis of the feet, bilateral osteoarthritis of the knees (status post bilateral TKAs), bilateral osteoarthritis of the hips (status post bilateral hip arthroplasties), lumbar spine degenerative disc disease (DDD) (status post fusion)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 22, 2010
- Citation
- 1043799
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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.
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