The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination to determine the etiology of the Veteran's right foot disability, gastrointestinal (GI) disability, and left eye detached retina residuals.
The deciding factor: Further development is required as the opinions sought have not been secured due to non-responsiveness to scheduled examinations.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot disability, other than right foot sprain, metatarsalgia, hammer toes, pes cavus, and tenosynitis (claimed as shin splints), GI disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 12, 2021
- Citation
- 21062734
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Decisions by this judge: 2,699 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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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