The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a left foot injury is being remanded due to missing service treatment records and the need for an examination.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records are missing, which makes it difficult to establish whether the claimed left foot injury occurred during service. The Veteran needs an examination to determine if he has any current chronic left foot disorder associated with the in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot injury residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 22, 2011
- Citation
- 1127430
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted a 20 percent rating for left foot injury residuals and left foot strain, but denied ratings in excess of 10 percent for hand/finger strains and service connection for a skin disorder.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for left foot injury residuals was dismissed because he did not timely file a VA Form 10182 with the RO.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's disability ratings do not meet the schedular threshold percentage requirements for consideration of a TDIU prior to November 30, 2017. The case was remanded in April of 2019 and is now being remanded again due to new evidence indicating that the Veteran should be granted TDIU on an extra-schedular basis as of November 30, 2017.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's hypertension was not service-connected as it did not manifest in service or to a degree of 10 percent within one year of separation, and no medical evidence related it to service. His left foot injury residuals were rated based on moderate limitation of motion of the ankle. The Veteran's upper extremity peripheral neuropathy disabilities were rated based on incomplete paralysis of the median nerve.
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