The Board has remanded the case due to failure to comply with previous remand instructions and for a new medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's left foot neuroma is related to service, including exposure to radiation.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded due to non-compliance with previous remand instructions and for a new medical opinion on the issue of direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot neuroma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 17, 2020
- Citation
- 20061371
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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: Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a left knee disability as secondary to his service-connected left foot neuroma.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for the veteran's left foot neuroma, finding no evidence that it began during service or is related to an in-service injury.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's initial compensable rating for scars status post left foot neuroma with residual numbness is being remanded due to the need for a full examination considering any nerve disorder of the left foot/toes and other left foot disabilities.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted an effective date of May 11, 2010 for the award of a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability (TDIU) due to service-connected disabilities.
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