The Veteran's right and left foot bone spurs were granted service connection. The issues of service connection for a left ankle disorder and a left knee disorder are remanded due to duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not provide sufficient information regarding the current diagnoses or their relationship to service, necessitating further examination.
- Claimed conditions
- Right foot bone spur, Left foot bone spur
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2020
- Citation
- A20018135
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,451 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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