The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for a skin disability, to include as secondary to service-connected plantar fasciitis. The Veteran's claim is being returned for additional development.
The deciding factor: The Board found that further development was needed to obtain treatment records and clarify an April 2022 medical opinion regarding the relationship between the skin disability and service-connected plantar fasciitis.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disability of the feet
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2022
- Citation
- 22054869
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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.
- Denied
The Veteran's skin disability of the feet was not incurred in service, has not been chronic and continuous since service separation, did not manifest to a compensable degree within a year of service separation, and is not the result of an in-service disease, injury, or other incident of service. The Board denied service connection for this condition.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of a cold injury, including a skin disability of the feet, finding that there is no evidence linking the current condition to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's back, right knee, plantar fasciitis, skin disability of the feet, OSA, headache, bilateral eye, and allergies disabilities are remanded for further examination and determination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service connection claim for cold injury residuals and skin disability of the feet is remanded due to insufficient evidence, requiring an examination.
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