The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy and whether her obesity was caused or aggravated by her service-connected lumbar strain.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical opinions were provided regarding the causation and aggravation of the Veteran's conditions, necessitating further examination and analysis.
- Claimed conditions
- baxter neuritis, plantar fascial fibromatosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2023
- Citation
- 23063498
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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 foot disability, including plantar fasciitis, plantar fascial fibromatosis, foot pain, and acquired short achilles tendon, is found to be related to his military service. Service connection for these conditions has been granted.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for neuropathy of the right and left lower extremities, but has remanded the issues regarding a right foot disability (other than neuropathy) and a left foot disability (other than neuropathy).
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's left foot disability, including plantar fasciitis and fibromatosis, is related to service. The decision grants service connection for this condition.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right foot disability, finding that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether his current condition is related to his military service.
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