The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether metatarsalgia of the left foot is caused or aggravated by service-connected left knee patellofemoral syndrome.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address the issue of aggravation in the initial examination, which is required for a secondary service connection claim.
- Claimed conditions
- metatarsalgia of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2020
- Citation
- 20073630
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 an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for metatarsalgia of the left foot, as the maximum schedular evaluation is already assigned.
- Granted
The Board granted a 20 percent rating, but no higher, for the Veteran's left foot metatarsalgia on an extraschedular basis.
- Dismissed
The veteran has withdrawn his appeal regarding all issues on appeal, and the Board has no jurisdiction to further adjudicate or address these claims.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for the veteran's service-connected metatarsalgia of the left foot and median mononeuropathy with osteoarthritis from fracture of the left wrist, as the evidence did not support a higher disability rating.
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