The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including pes planus of both feet and hip fractures. The Veteran was unable to attend a scheduled VA examination due to long wait times at the VA medical facility.
The deciding factor: The Veteran failed to report for a scheduled VA examination which could provide necessary information regarding her service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- pes planus (left foot), pes planus (right foot), fracture of the left hip with limitation of extension, fracture of the left hip with limitation of flexion, impairment of the thigh due to fracture of the left hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19141791
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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 Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, hypertension, pes planus of the left foot, pes planus of the right foot, chronic bronchitis, and low back disability. The evidence does not support a finding that any of these conditions began during or are otherwise related to active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including failing to provide a VA examination and obtain all relevant service treatment records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for initial ratings and service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations, treatment records review, and development of his case. The specific issues include pes planus (left foot), cervical spine disability, bilateral wrist, lumbar spine, bilateral ankle, bilateral hip, right ear hearing loss, sinus/rhinitis/nose bleeds, and dysentery and residuals of food poisoning.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for bilateral pes planus, but has remanded the issues of service connection for low back disability, left knee disability, right knee disability, and hallux valgus and hallux rigidus of the right foot due to conflicting evidence about their onset in or attributable to service.
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