The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for back, right foot, and left foot conditions due to insufficient medical evidence. The Veteran is required to undergo VA examinations to determine if his current disabilities are related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The decision was made based on inadequate medical evidence to support a determination of service connection for the Veteran's claimed disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Back condition, Right foot condition, Left foot condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19177474
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric condition and a TBI, but denied the claim for PTSD as moot. The claims for service connection for a neck condition and back condition were remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a heart condition, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood, chronic, residuals of frostbite to the right and left lower extremities, and a right foot condition due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 10 percent for bilateral hearing loss but denied service connection for a back condition, left foot disability, right foot disability, and right shoulder condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal for further evidentiary development and to schedule VA examinations.
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