The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral feet disability, which may be related to her service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address the Veteran's complaints of foot pain during her second period of service and later diagnosed heel spurs, which is encompassed in the Veteran's claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral feet disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2018
- Citation
- 1812087
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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.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal concerning the issues of entitlement to service connection for various conditions, including TMJ, a bilateral feet disability, erectile dysfunction, GERD, hearing loss, sleep apnea, and IBS. The Board dismissed the appeal due to the withdrawal.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, bilateral feet disability, left hip disability, right hip disability, tinnitus, and headache disability.,There is no current evidence of a hearing loss disability for VA compensation purposes. The Veteran's reported symptoms do not meet the criteria for a hearing loss disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a compensable rating and service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error and an inadequate medical opinion.
- Denied
The Board denied all claims, including service connection for bilateral feet disability and increased ratings or earlier effective dates for various conditions.
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