The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for a videoconference hearing before the Board of Veterans' Appeals.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested a Central Office hearing, but later changed her request to a videoconference hearing. The case must be returned to the Board after scheduling the appropriate hearing.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity peripheral arterial disease with fem-fem bypass graft, left lower extremity peripheral arterial disease with fem-fem bypass graft, left foot plantar warts with callosities, right hallux valgus, left hallux valgus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 16, 2013
- Citation
- 1329556
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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 remanded the cases of bilateral pes planus, left hallux valgus, and right hallux valgus due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for a rating in excess of 10 percent for left hallux valgus, status post lapidus skin bunionectomy with internal fixation of metatarsophalangeal joint is dismissed as the Veteran withdrew her appeal.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for service connection for left lower extremity radiculopathy and right lower extremity radiculopathy have been dismissed.,The Veteran's claims for service connection for right hallux valgus, tinea pedis, vertigo and dizziness, bilateral pes planus, and left hallux valgus have been granted.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left hammer toe and left hallux valgus, but the issues of service connection for a left ankle disability, right ankle disability, sleep apnea, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), muscle pain, and joint pain are remanded.
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