The Board has remanded the case due to outstanding records and will provide a Supplemental Statement of the Case if any benefit sought remains denied.
The deciding factor: The case was remanded because there are outstanding records that need to be obtained and reviewed.
- Claimed conditions
- flat feet, fungal infection of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2014
- Citation
- 1448524
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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