The Veteran's additional left foot disabilities are not caused by or aggravated by VA treatment, and the Board finds that the criteria for compensation under U.S.C. § 1151 have not been met.
The deciding factor: VA did not cause the Veteran’s additional left foot disabilities through carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot disabilities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 11, 2020
- Citation
- 20053034
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for left foot disabilities, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between his current left foot conditions and his active duty service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to lack of recent medical records and a need for a new VA examination to assess the severity of the Veteran's right foot hallux valgus.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete VA treatment records and outstanding STRs. The issues of whether the July 1988 rating decision denying service connection for contusion, left hip, right foot disabilities, left foot disabilities, a fungal infection of the feet, and December 1988 rating decision denying service connection for a back disability may be revised on the basis of clear and unmistakable error (CUE) are also remanded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for insomnia and chest pain, but denied service connection for right foot disabilities and left foot disabilities. The Veteran's claims for these issues are being remanded.
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