The Veteran's left heel and right heel disabilities are not service-connected.,The Veteran's upper respiratory disability (sinusitis) is not service-connected.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence linking the Veteran's claimed conditions to his military service, including as due to an undiagnosed illness or secondary to a pre-existing condition.
- Claimed conditions
- left heel disability, right heel disability, upper respiratory disability (sinusitis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2013
- Citation
- 1331075
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to duty-to-assist errors and inadequate medical opinions regarding the Veteran's left heel disability.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for an effective date of July 15, 2013 for the grant of service connection for a left shoulder disability is granted. The initial rating for a left shoulder disability remains at 20 percent. The claim for TDIU earlier than September 25, 2020 is denied.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a left heel disability to obtain an addendum opinion that adequately addresses the Veteran's reports of symptoms and history.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for right knee and heel disabilities as they were not shown to be causally or etiologically related to any event, injury, or disease in service and are not caused or aggravated by the service-connected left knee disabilities.
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