The Board is remanding the case to obtain additional medical records and conduct further examination to determine if the Veteran's left foot disability was aggravated by his period of active duty training in 1971.
The deciding factor: The Board found that additional development, including obtaining missing service treatment records and a VA examiner's opinion, is necessary to properly adjudicate the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a left foot fracture
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2016
- Citation
- 1640249
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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).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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The Board has denied service connection for sleep apnea and remanded the claims of service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition (including anxiety and depression) and residuals of a left foot fracture.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence in the record, including the need to review two diagrams of the Veteran's left foot from her service treatment records.
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