The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding his service-connected plantar warts, including whether any treatment constitutes systemic therapy and if there is functional loss or impairment of either foot due to pain proximately related to or aggravated by his service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The decision was not about service connection but rather a rating issue. The need for additional medical opinions regarding the Veteran's plantar warts, including whether any treatment constitutes systemic therapy and if there is functional loss or impairment of either foot due to pain proximately related to or aggravated by his service-connected condition, necessitates remand.
- Claimed conditions
- Plantar warts
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19176728
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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