The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development and a need for additional medical opinions. The Veteran's claim for service connection for his bilateral leg and foot disorder is pending.
The deciding factor: Incomplete development of records and need for updated medical opinions related to herbicide agent exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral leg and foot disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2017
- Citation
- 1746518
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of a skin condition or bilateral leg and foot disorder related to service. The Board also determined that any current bilateral leg and foot disorder is not secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim of service connection for a bilateral leg and foot disorder, to include weak legs and bilateral pes planus is denied as the veteran failed to report for a scheduled VA examination without good cause.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional examinations and to consider the adequacy of the November 2006 examination.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction was denied as the evidence did not show that he had been diagnosed and manifested to at least a 10 percent disability rating on or prior to May 8, 2001.
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