The Board has remanded the case for further development due to an inadequate examination regarding the severity of the Veteran's bilateral plantar fasciitis with pes planus prior to April 14, 2012.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address important aspects of the claim to determine the severity and extent of the Veteran’s feet disabilities for the period prior to April 14, 2012.
- Claimed conditions
- left pes planus, right pes planus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19133964
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Decisions by this judge: 2,199 · Granted: 25% (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.
- Granted
The Board has restored a 50% rating for the Veteran's left foot disability, finding that the reduction to a 20% rating was improper due to lack of sustained improvement in the condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's right pes planus was aggravated by military service. The claim will be reconsidered with a new medical examination.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for headaches and left pes planus, but denied service connection for cervical disc herniation at C5-C6 level with posterior disc protrusion and Bell's palsy.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of October 1, 2022 for the award of service connection for right pes planus and right foot scars.
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