The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination and incomplete treatment records. The Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral foot condition is being reviewed again with new evidence.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address all of the Veteran’s foot symptomatology, and there are no post-service treatment records available.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Foot Condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19193370
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection and an earlier effective date, finding that there was no evidence of current conditions or in-service aggravation to support these claims.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 70 percent disability rating prior to January 23, 2020, and the claim for a higher rating from that date was denied. The Board also remanded the issue of service connection for a bilateral foot condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations. The initial rating for PTSD remains denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for urinary frequency, bilateral foot condition, residuals of left inguinal hernia repair, and heart condition due to inadequate examination reports. The cases are now in a posture such that they may be addressed on their merits.
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