The Board has remanded the appeal for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and considering whether referral for extraschedular ratings is warranted. The issues on appeal include increased ratings for hallux rigidus of both great toes and a temporary total disability rating based on convalescence.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded due to incomplete development and the need to consider whether referral for extraschedular ratings is warranted in light of the Veteran's service-connected hallux rigidus.
- Claimed conditions
- hallux rigidus of the left great toe, hallux rigidus of the right great toe
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 18, 2020
- Citation
- 20012619
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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.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right foot disability, including hallux rigidus of the right great toe, is at least as likely as not caused by or aggravated by his service-connected knee disabilities. As a result, the claim for secondary service connection is granted.
- Granted
The Board has granted an initial 10 percent evaluation for the veteran's service-connected hallux rigidus of the right great toe, based on pain and loss of motion in his right first metatarsophalangeal joint.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for hallux rigidus of the right great toe and established an effective date of April 15, 1987. The January 1990 rating decision was found to be clearly and unmistakably erroneous in not including the veteran's right great toe disorders as part of his service-connected Reiter's syndrome.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's claims for service connection were not well grounded and denied them. The March 1996 rating decision assigning a 10% disability rating for bilateral pes planus was not clearly erroneous.
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