The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for further development due to inadequate statements of reasons or bases and unclear duty-to-assist issues.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded because there were concerns about the adequacy of the statement of reasons and a lack of clarity regarding the duty to assist in obtaining relevant medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral plantar fascitis, pes planus with degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19127763
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,911 · Granted: 10% (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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities did not prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment prior to May 2, 2014.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for a VA examination to assess the severity and manifestations of bilateral plantar fascitis due to inadequate pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for bilateral plantar fascitis was dismissed due to the death of the appellant.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a bilateral foot disability, to include bilateral pes planus and plantar fascitis, and denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for bilateral shin splints. The Board also granted initial ratings of 10 percent for right and left shin splints.
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