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Remanded (sent back)

The Board has remanded the cases for new VA opinions to address whether the Veteran's preexisting conditions were aggravated by service and if so, whether they are related to service.

The deciding factor: The Board found that the prior decisions relied on inadequate opinions from VA examiners who provided speculative and internally inconsistent reasoning.

Claimed conditions
bilateral pes planus, bilateral hand tremors due to nerves
How they argued it
Direct service connection
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
None in this decision
Decision date
November 4, 2021
Citation
A21017871

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What this means for you

A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.

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