The Veteran's appeals for increased evaluations and compensation for his right foot disorder and scar are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations.
The deciding factor: The VA needs more information about the current severity of the Veteran’s right foot disorders from a new examination.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right foot disorder, right foot scar
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 14, 2018
- Citation
- 18157681
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities require regular aid and attendance, which grants entitlement to special monthly compensation based on aid and attendance. The issue of entitlement to special monthly compensation at a housebound rate is moot due to the grant of aid and attendance.
- Granted
The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and residuals of a right foot disorder are granted service connection. The Board has also remanded the claims for left knee, right knee, and neck disorders.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for left and right foot scars due to bunionectomies, an initial 30 percent rating for sinusitis, and a 10 percent rating for rhinitis.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support a compensable rating or service connection for any of the conditions appealed.
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