The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate statement of reasons and bases for denying an initial disability rating higher than 10 percent for right foot hammertoes. The Veteran's symptoms, including numbness, were not adequately explained as being attributable to nonservice-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not specifically state that the Veteran's foot numbness was attributable to the nonservice-connected diabetic neuropathy.
- Claimed conditions
- hammertoe of the right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2014
- Citation
- 1434445
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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 remanded the case due to incomplete medical opinions and the need for additional VA examination. The Veteran's hammertoe of the right foot is being reviewed in relation to his service-connected bilateral pes planus and right plantar fasciitis.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found no evidence of a hammertoe or pes planus during service and the veteran's current condition is not related to his military service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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