The Board remands the matters of entitlement to service connection for a psychiatric disability, a compensable rating for bilateral plantar calluses, and the appeal seeking to reopen a claim of service connection for residuals of cold injury to the feet due to the Veteran's failure to report for scheduled examinations and other circumstances.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary under VA’s duty to assist to ensure that the Veteran receives notice of the scheduled examinations and copies of all evidence/paperwork in his appeal, and to secure updated clinical records from identified providers.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral plantar calluses, Psychiatric disability, to include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Residuals of a cold injury to the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2020
- Citation
- 20064110
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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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