The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic foot fungus, but remanded to obtain additional medical opinions and evidence. The Veteran is seeking service connection for a condition that he claims first appeared in service.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been received to reopen the previously denied claim, but further evaluation of the Veteran's claim is needed due to lack of definitive medical nexus between his current foot fungus and service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic foot fungus
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 14, 2018
- Citation
- 1809713
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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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