The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining clarifying opinions from VA examiners regarding the Veteran's bilateral foot disorders and their relationship to service-connected pes planus.
The deciding factor: Clarifying opinions are needed to determine if the Veteran's diagnosed neurological bilateral foot disorders are caused or aggravated by his service-connected pes planus.
- Claimed conditions
- neuropathy of the bilateral feet
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 19, 2015
- Citation
- 1507177
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for neuropathy of the bilateral hands and feet, hypertension, and adenocarcinoma with status post colon resection residuals due to new evidence received. The claim for service connection for atrial fibrillation is remanded.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's neuropathy of the bilateral feet, finding it related to in-service exposure to herbicide agents.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and insufficient examination. The Veteran's claim for service connection for neuropathy of the bilateral feet as secondary to his service-connected bilateral pes planus is pending.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding service connection for neuropathy of the bilateral feet before a decision was made.
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