The Board has ordered a remand due to the need for additional medical examination and development of records. The Veteran's claim for service connection for right foot disability, secondary to his service-connected knee disability, is pending.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner will determine if the Veteran's right hallux valgus or any other right foot disability is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected knee disabilities and whether it is aggravated by them.
- Claimed conditions
- right hallux valgus, any other right foot disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 29, 2013
- Citation
- 1339309
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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 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.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have not precluded him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation at any time during the period on appeal, and therefore TDIU is denied.
- Partly granted
The Board readjudicated the claim for service connection for bilateral plantar fasciitis based on new and relevant evidence, while denying service connection for bilateral pes planus. Other claims were remanded.
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