The Board has remanded the claims for further development due to incomplete examinations and oversight in previous evaluations.
The deciding factor: Incomplete examination by a non-expert general nurse practitioner necessitated additional development with respect to specific claims, including an angiopathy examination by an examiner with expertise in peripheral vascular diseases.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetic angiopathy, diabetic sciatic neuropathy, diabetic femoral neuropathy, amputation of the left little toe, amputation of the left second toe, amputation scar of the left little toe, amputation scar of the left second toe
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 26, 2024
- Citation
- 24004057
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Decisions by this judge: 2,451 · Granted: 22% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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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