The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain a supplemental opinion regarding the June 2010 VA examination and to adjudicate his claim of entitlement to compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for residuals of spontaneous infection, right second toe, status post incision and drainage. The TDIU issue is also being remanded.
The deciding factor: The June 2010 VA examination did not address whether there was evidence of carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment or similar incidences of fault by VA medical personnel with respect to initially diagnosing and treating the Veteran's spontaneous infection right second toe. The claim is being remanded for a supplemental opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of spontaneous infection, right second toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 25, 2014
- Citation
- 1437771
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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 found that there has not been substantial compliance with the prior February 2018 remand directives and, therefore, adjudication of these claims must be delayed. The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 is being remanded due to a lack of an addendum opinion from a different examiner than who conducted the previous examinations.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to address the issues of compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 and TDIU.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran is seeking compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for residuals of spontaneous infection, right second toe, status post incision and drainage. The claim is being remanded to obtain a supplemental opinion from the examiner who provided the November 2014 and January 2015 VA opinions or an appropriate substitute. The Veteran's TDIU claim is also being remanded for contemporaneous adjudication.
- 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.
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