The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for left foot disorders due to insufficient evidence and need for further examination.
The deciding factor: Further medical evaluation is required to determine if a current left foot disorder is related to service or any other etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- Right foot disorder, Left foot disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19186296
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 Veteran's left foot disorder was rated at 10 percent from July 21, 2023, to December 18, 2023, and a 20 percent rating was granted as of the earlier effective date of December 18, 2023.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 40 percent initial disability rating for lumbar disability, denied an increased rating for left lower extremity radiculopathy and earlier effective date for right lower extremity radiculopathy, and denied an increased rating for left foot disorder.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for left and right foot disorders, an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for a right wrist disorder, and remanded the claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial 20 percent evaluation for the Veteran's lumbar spine disability, effective September 14, 2021. The appeal was also remanded to address additional issues related to the left foot disorder.
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