The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral foot disability and residuals of tick fever are being remanded due to the need for a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that further medical evaluation is necessary to determine the etiology of the Veteran's joint aches, which may be associated with his active service or another service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot disability (claimed as plantar fasciitis), residuals of tick fever
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2024
- Citation
- 24012063
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded to ensure post-service treatment records are associated with the claims file, as well as to obtain new examinations for his neck/cervical spine, right shoulder, left leg sciatica, right leg sciatica, and bilateral foot disabilities. The PACT Act does not require a TERA examination in this case.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's ganglion cyst of the left ankle and bilateral foot disability (claimed as plantar fasciitis) are not service-connected.,The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea is service-connected, but only secondary to his service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder. The hemorrhoids are denied due to their pre-existence in service, and sinusitis is denied based on lack of current diagnosis.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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