The Board remands the claims for a left foot condition and an ear condition to ensure that VA has satisfied its duty to assist in obtaining relevant medical records and providing a new examination.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to incomplete evidence regarding both conditions, including the need for updated examinations and additional medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- Left foot condition, Ear condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2023
- Citation
- 23001126
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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for hypertension and remanded the claims for PTSD, lumbar spine condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, left foot condition, and right foot condition due to a lack of evidence supporting their direct or secondary relationship to the Veteran's military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, service connection for tinnitus, and remanded the claims for service connection for a left foot condition and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to insufficient evidence.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder was granted, while claims for other conditions were denied.
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