The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to schedule her for new VA examinations and obtain outstanding VA medical evidence. The case will be reconsidered after the additional development.
The deciding factor: The decision requires further examination and review of the claims file due to conflicting diagnoses and inconsistent medical records, necessitating a more comprehensive assessment of the Veteran's conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- reflex sympathetic dystrophy of the left foot, hammertoes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2018
- Citation
- 1804222
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral foot hallux valgus, pes planus, hammertoes, and degenerative arthritis, with an effective date of February 19, 2019. The Board also granted an increased (40 percent) rating for residuals, rupture, right biceps tendon with elbow limitation of supination and extension.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a rating of 50 percent for bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis since April 22, 2021, but denied earlier effective dates and increased ratings prior to that date.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's appeal for a rating higher than 30 percent for bilateral pes planus and denied entitlement to a separate rating for hammertoes.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral feet arthritis and cold injury residuals of both feet, but denied service connection for hammertoes.
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