The Board has decided to remand the case due to incomplete service treatment and personnel records, specifically regarding the appellant's National Guard service. The appellant is seeking service connection for a bilateral flat foot disability (claimed as 'fallen arches').
The deciding factor: Incomplete service treatment and personnel records from the appellant’s National Guard service prevent a determination on his claim.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral flat foot disability, fallen arches
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2018
- Citation
- 18136752
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for various conditions including Athlete's foot, allergic rhinitis, lumbar spine condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, fallen arches, migraines (headaches) condition, and an acquired psychological condition. The Veteran's claims are not currently addressed as there is no evidence of a current disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for degenerative arthritis with degenerative disc disease other than intervertebral disc syndrome and retrolisthesis L2-L3, degenerative arthritis, other than post-traumatic, right knee, lateral collateral ligament sprain (chronic/recurrent), left ankle, right ankle, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), tinea pedis, fallen arches, and left knee instability due to inadequate VA medical opinions.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed because the Veteran filed a VA Form 10182 more than one year after the December 2022 and January 2023 rating decisions that addressed the service connection issues.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the claims for increased ratings for left knee posttraumatic arthritis and bilateral flat foot disability, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings.
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