The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to determine the nature and etiology of his psychiatric disorder, including PTSD, and his degenerative arthritis of the feet. The claims will be reconsidered after this development.
The deciding factor: The decision requires further examination and evidence collection to clarify the relationship between the Veteran's current conditions and service or service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis of the feet, acquired psychiatric disorder, including post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2011
- Citation
- 1142573
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an increased rating to 50 percent for the Veteran's bilateral foot condition from February 25, 2020 to January 10, 2022, but denied ratings in excess of 10 percent and 50 percent at other times.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, degenerative arthritis of the feet, degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, diabetes, gout, and hypertension due to potential exposure to hazardous noise, chemicals, or other substances during service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating in excess of 10 percent for his bilateral foot disorder is being remanded due to pre-decisional errors and the need to consider multiple diagnoses, their service connection, and whether they can be separately rated.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus, plantar fasciitis, bilateral pes planus, and degenerative arthritis of the feet based on new evidence submitted by the Veteran.
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