The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a right foot condition and right hip/pelvis disability due to insufficient evidence. The Veteran is required to provide VA treatment records from the late 1960s, as well as any relevant private treatment records. A VA examination must be scheduled for both conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was not enough medical evidence to determine if the Veteran's current right foot and hip/pelvis disabilities are related to his service or service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Right foot condition, Right hip/right pelvis disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2021
- Citation
- 21070578
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's right foot condition, including pain and functional limitation, is related to service. The Veteran's right leg disability did not have an onset in service or manifest within a year of service, nor is it otherwise related to service or a service-connected disability. The Veteran's left leg disability also did not have an onset in service or manifest within a year of service, nor is it otherwise related to service or a service-connected disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection of a right foot condition as there is no current or diagnosed disability, and the evidence does not support a finding that any such disability was incurred in service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several claims due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including for new VA medical opinions on right wrist and knee conditions, right foot condition, right ankle condition, erectile dysfunction, GERD, headaches, obstructive sleep apnea, dry eye syndrome, lumbar spine condition, and right lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Granted
The Veteran's pes planus and right foot condition were found to have been injured in service and are etiologically related. New evidence has been received, warranting readjudication of the claims.
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