The Board has remanded the claims for a rating in excess of 30 percent from April 30, 2009 for service-connected bilateral foot disability and ratings in excess of 10 percent prior to April 30, 2009 for each foot disability. Additionally, the TDIU claim is also remanded.
The deciding factor: The claims are remanded due to inadequate examination reports and incomplete records that need further evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- hammer toes, pes planus (flat feet), metatarsalgia, tinea pedis, neuralgia, hallux valgus, plantar fibromatosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2018
- Citation
- 18122991
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's diagnosed bilateral tinea pedis, which is a condition related to service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for hallux valgus, finding no competent and credible evidence linking her current condition to active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to errors in considering all conditions and a need for an addendum opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's current right great toe / foot disability and his claimed frostbite injury.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected tinea pedis with onychomycosis has been granted increased ratings of 10 percent for both the left and right feet, but no higher.
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