The Board has decided to remand the claim for further development, including obtaining additional medical records and providing a VA opinion on whether the Veteran's left foot drop was caused by her February 2015 total knee replacement surgery.
The deciding factor: The opinions provided in the initial decision were inadequate as they did not address the critical question of whether the Veteran's left foot drop was at least as likely as not caused by her February 2015 total knee replacement surgery, and failed to provide requested opinions based on inaccurate facts.
- Claimed conditions
- left drop foot, neurological condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 20, 2023
- Citation
- 23003703
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic headaches but denied service connection for right knee disability, left knee disability, neurological condition, peripheral neuropathy of the right upper and lower extremities, and skin cancer.
- Dismissed
The appeal regarding service connection for a neurological condition was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the VA Form 10182, and no good cause was shown.
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