The Veteran's service-connected bilateral metatarsal fractures are being remanded for additional development, including obtaining treatment records and scheduling a new examination. Additionally, the TDIU claim is also being remanded.
The deciding factor: The decision was not about service connection but rather about the appropriate disability ratings and whether the Veteran should be granted TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- left fifth metatarsal fracture, right fifth metatarsal fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19165451
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a new VA examination to assess the current severity of the service-connected left foot disability and to determine if there is an inextricably intertwined issue of entitlement to a TDIU.
- Partly granted
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for her service-connected left fifth metatarsal fracture, finding that the evidence did not support a higher evaluation.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his claim for an increased rating for service-connected left fifth metatarsal fracture, status post open reduction and internal fixation, residual fused joint, with arthritis.
- Granted
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