The Board has remanded the case for further development due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's left foot plantar fasciitis.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address whether the Veteran’s left foot plantar fasciitis condition was etiologically related to, or aggravated by, his service-connected right foot plantar fasciitis.
- Claimed conditions
- pilonidal cyst, left plantar fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19196476
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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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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for left plantar fasciitis, finding that credible evidence does not support a link between the condition and his active duty or ACDUTRA. The appeal was also remanded to address the low back disability.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection claims related to bilateral knees, bilateral feet, tinnitus, OSA, acquired psychiatric disability, and pilonidal cyst.
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