The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral foot disorder, herpes, and hysterectomy due to inconsistencies in medical opinions and incomplete records. The AOJ is instructed to obtain additional medical opinions and complete any necessary development.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions are inconsistent regarding the etiology of the Veteran's conditions and there are missing service treatment records that need to be obtained.
- Claimed conditions
- Herpes, Bilateral Foot Disorder (Pes Planus and Plantar Fasciitis), Hysterectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2018
- Citation
- 18126480
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for herpes, finding that the Veteran's current diagnosis is etiologically related to his in-service diagnosis of herpes genitalis.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted earlier effective dates for service connection and ratings, with the Veteran receiving a 30% rating for hysterectomy from November 15, 2019, and separate 30% ratings for bilateral salpingectomy. The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for Female Sexual Arousal Disorder (FSAD) is denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for herpes was denied, and his GERD with IBS received a 30 percent disability rating.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for herpes, finding no current diagnosis of a sexually transmitted infection during or approximate to the appeal period.
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