The Board has remanded the case to obtain an addendum opinion regarding whether the Veteran's left foot plantar fibroma is proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected degenerative joint disease of the left foot.
The deciding factor: The examiner must determine if there is a relationship between the service-connected condition and the non-service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease of the left foot, left foot plantar fibroma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2020
- Citation
- 20027031
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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 service connection for various conditions, including bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, erectile dysfunction, benign prostatic hypertrophy, memory disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, lumbar spine disability (chronic low back pain), chronic cervical strain, allergic rhinitis, gastrointestinal disabilities, colon diverticulosis, and degenerative joint diseases of multiple joints. The Board found no evidence to support service connection for any of these conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for initial compensable ratings for his lumbar spine and left foot disabilities, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic codes.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for left heel bone spurs and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine were denied. The claim for a higher evaluation for the lumbar spine disability was granted with limitations, but the issue remains pending. The case is remanded for further development regarding the left foot disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the remaining issues due to insufficient evidence. The Veteran's current diagnoses are not shown to be related to his military service.
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