The Board remands the claims for service connection for a bilateral foot disorder, low back disorder, and arthromyalgia as additional development is needed.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence is required to determine the etiology of the claimed conditions due to lack of current diagnoses and medical opinions linking them to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot disorder, claimed as bulky plantar spurs, low back disorder, including degenerative disease, arthromyalgia, described as joint pain and arthritis of the extremities including the right foot, neck, and shoulders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2024
- Citation
- 24001182
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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- Partly granted
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