The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to the need for an updated assessment of his employment handicap and eligibility for vocational rehabilitation benefits.
The deciding factor: VA determined that the Veteran did not have an 'employment handicap' as defined by law, but evidence suggests his disabilities may have worsened since the last assessment.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip degenerative arthritis with residuals, recurrent left knee strain with residuals, status-post left ankle strain with residuals, status-post left index finger traumatic amputation, left foot pes planus with plantar fasciitis, right foot pes planus with plantar fasciitis and degenerative arthritis, bronchial asthma with residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- September 18, 2013
- Citation
- 1329833
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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 remands the claims for service connection for bilateral foot conditions due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including an inadequate VA medical opinion and a need for further examination.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew all pending claims and appeals, resulting in the dismissal of the service connection claims for various conditions.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew all pending appeals as he was now rated 100% effective March 13, 2021.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for left foot pes planus with plantar fasciitis, both before and after May 18, 2018.
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