The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection and increased rating of his foot disorders, as well as his TDIU claim due to incomplete development. The RO is instructed to verify any active service by the Veteran between 1979 and 1981 through DPRIS or another similar federal records repository and obtain any outstanding STRs from that period of service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the remand directives were not substantially complied with, particularly regarding verification of the Veteran's service during a specific time frame and obtaining missing service treatment records. The RO is now required to take these actions in order to comply with the Board’s previous instructions.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral vascular disease, Type II diabetes mellitus, Bilateral pes planus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19186827
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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
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- Granted
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