The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient opinions regarding the Veteran's bilateral foot disability, specifically pes planus and plantar fasciitis. The VA podiatrist is requested to provide an addendum opinion addressing whether these conditions are related to service or worsened by her service-connected anterior tibialis tendonitis.
The deciding factor: The remand was due to insufficient opinions regarding the Veteran's bilateral foot disability, specifically pes planus and plantar fasciitis. The VA podiatrist is requested to provide an addendum opinion addressing these issues.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot disability, pes planus, plantar fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2018
- Citation
- 18139811
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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 remands the claim for a medical opinion on whether plantar fasciitis was aggravated by active duty training.
- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a bilateral foot disability to obtain an addendum medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's pre-existing pes planus was aggravated by service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as secondary to the Veteran's asthma with sinusitis, but denied service connection for a low back sprain and plantar fasciitis. The claim for a neck condition was dismissed.
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