The Veteran's appeal is remanded to determine if the VA care caused additional disabilities as a result of July 2016 debridement.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that a remand is necessary to obtain medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran suffered an additional disability due to VA treatment on July 21, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot callus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19107688
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Decisions by this judge: 317 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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
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- Granted
The Veteran's left and right foot disabilities have been granted a rating of 20 percent, but no higher, with the effective dates varying based on when the disability was found to meet the criteria for such ratings.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral bunions and a left foot callus due to insufficient medical opinion regarding their etiology.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development and an opinion regarding whether the Veteran's current bilateral bunions and left foot callus are related to his in-service injuries. The original decision denied service connection for bilateral pes planus.
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