The Board has remanded the cases for additional development regarding private treatment records related to the Veteran's wrist, feet, and skin disabilities.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on incomplete information due to missing private treatment records which were not obtained as directed in prior remand orders.
- Claimed conditions
- right hallux valgus with hammer toe, left hallux valgus with hammer toe, tinea unguium, residuals of a right wrist fracture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 29, 2020
- Citation
- 20081301
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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for tinea pedis and tinea unguium of both feet, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date for service connection for rhinitis and a rating for overactive bladder, but denied earlier effective dates for tinea unguium, left foot plantar fasciitis, female sexual arousal disorder, and dysmenorrhea.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of the claim for service connection for tinea pedis and tinea unguium based on new and relevant evidence, but remanded the matter to obtain additional evidence and an addendum opinion.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinea unguium and denied the claims for service connection for a right shoulder disability, a dental disability (tooth #8) for compensation purposes, as well as effective dates earlier than April 6, 2023, for the grant of service connection for sinusitis, rhinitis, GERD, and PTSD. The Board also denied compensable ratings for sinusitis, a rating in excess of 10 percent for rhinitis, a rating in excess of 10 percent for GERD, and a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD.
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