The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate VA examination opinions and additional development is required.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations provided inadequate opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's claimed disabilities, particularly failing to address the requested medical opinions from private physicians.
- Claimed conditions
- Allergy disability, Sleep disability, Bilateral foot disability (pes planus), Bilateral ankle disability (achilles tendon)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2021
- Citation
- 21031418
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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)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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