The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for skin conditions of both feet due to conflicting medical opinions and need for further examination.
The deciding factor: The medical examiner could not establish a clear link between the Veteran's current foot fungus condition and his in-service exposure, as it may be related to a congenital defect or disease that is static in nature.
- Claimed conditions
- skin condition of the right foot, skin condition of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 9, 2021
- Citation
- 21041469
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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.
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for skin conditions of his feet, bilateral hearing loss disability, and left knee disability due to lack of current VA treatment records and need for additional examinations.
- Denied
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