The Board has ordered a remand to obtain missing service treatment records and to schedule the appellant for a VA examination. The claims will be reconsidered based on the new evidence.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records are incomplete, requiring further investigation into the appellant's claimed right great toe and right scapula conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right big toe condition, right scapula condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2011
- Citation
- 1104003
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew appeals for service connection of multiple conditions and a higher rating for tinnitus, resulting in the dismissal of all claims.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral big toe disabilities and plantar fasciitis, all claimed as secondary to a service-connected left ankle disability, due to inadequate VA examination opinions.
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