The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including scheduling a VA examination to assess the current severity of his service-connected left foot plantar wart and obtaining updated VA treatment records.
The deciding factor: The case was remanded due to the need for an updated VA examination and for obtaining recent medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot plantar wart
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 23, 2013
- Citation
- 1316930
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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
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