The Veteran is seeking service connection for his left foot disability, including pes planus, valgus deformity, and plantar fasciitis, which he claims is related to his service-connected right knee disability. The case is being remanded due to the inadequacy of a previous VA opinion regarding causation or aggravation.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion was inadequate as it did not address whether the left foot disability is caused by or aggravated by any one or all of the service-connected disabilities of the right knee, left knee, or low back.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot disability to include pes planus, valgus deformity, and plantar fasciitis, service-connected right knee disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2011
- Citation
- 1137457
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased rating for various disabilities, including back disability, hip disabilities, nerve disabilities, and knee disabilities. The case is being returned to VA for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability aggravated his service-connected right foot disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to insufficient medical opinions regarding service connection.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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