The Veteran's appeal involves multiple issues related to his service-connected disabilities, including increased ratings for his great toe and hip conditions. The case is being remanded for additional development.
The deciding factor: The decision is remanded due to the need for updated medical examinations and records to properly assess the Veteran's current disability levels and their impact on employment.
- Claimed conditions
- left great toe implant, right great toe disability, bone graft scar of the right hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2014
- Citation
- 1406072
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded several claims, including those for back disability, left wrist disability, and others.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for hypertension and erectile dysfunction, but denied service connection for a right great toe disability, bilateral pes planus, and an acquired psychiatric disability.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for the veteran's right knee, left ankle, right great toe, tension headaches and hypertension disabilities.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a right great toe disability, finding it related to the Veteran's active service.
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