The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral foot conditions and skin condition due to inadequate opinions in the January 2020 VA examination. The examiner did not provide an opinion on the Veteran’s skin condition, as he found no current skin disability. Additionally, the examiner did not consider the Veteran's diagnosed peripheral polyneuropathy or his facial rash during the pendency of the appeal.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the January 2020 VA opinions are inadequate and requires further examination to determine if the Veteran’s conditions are related to his active duty service, including presumed exposure to herbicides/Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot condition, left foot condition, skin condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2020
- Citation
- 20067754
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for right foot, left elbow, left hip, left ankle, and diabetes mellitus to obtain additional medical evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including left foot condition, right foot condition, cellulitis, right ear hearing loss, and right lower extremity radiculopathy. The appeal of the proposal to reduce a 40 percent evaluation for lumbosacral strain was dismissed.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a skin condition, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the Veteran's current skin conditions and his military service.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions were denied, except for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss disability which were granted. The veteran was also granted service connection for hypertension.
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