The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated VA and private treatment records, as well as a new VA examination to assess the severity of her service-connected lumbar spine disability and whether her current bilateral foot condition is related to service or service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is needed to fully evaluate the Veteran's claims due to the passage of time since her last examinations and treatment records, and because her current symptoms may have changed.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral metatarsalgia, herniated disc, L5-S1 with lumbosacral strain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 22, 2011
- Citation
- 1111460
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for various conditions and ratings have been dismissed due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his appeal prior to a decision being made.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral metatarsalgia as there is no evidence of a current disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for bilateral metatarsalgia as further development is required.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral metatarsalgia, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
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