The Board has remanded the service connection and SMC claims due to incomplete examinations and need for further medical opinions.
The deciding factor: Incomplete examination results and need for additional medical opinions regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's bilateral foot disability and radiculopathy in his lower extremities.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot disability, bilateral osteoporosis with calcaneal spurs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19186219
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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus, a right shoulder disability, diabetes mellitus type II, left and right lower extremity neuropathy, and a bilateral foot disability as secondary to diabetes mellitus due to lack of new and relevant evidence.
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