The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left foot disabilities due to inadequate VA opinions regarding whether these conditions are caused or aggravated by her service-connected hip, knee, ankle, and thoracolumbar spine disabilities.
The deciding factor: The prior remand directives have not been substantially completed as the examiner did not consider antalgic/altered gait resulting from service-connected disabilities of hips, knees, ankles, and thoracolumbar spine.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the left foot, Degenerative joint disease of the right foot
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2021
- Citation
- 21005527
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's bilateral pes planus with degenerative joint disease of the right foot is rated at 50 percent from May 27, 2011 to August 6, 2019. The Board has remanded for further development regarding his other service-connected issues.
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