The Board has remanded the claims for service connection of right and left foot pes cavus due to insufficient compliance with previous directives. The matter is now pending further development.
The deciding factor: The decision was not based on a specific legal or factual issue, but rather on the need for additional medical opinions as per previous Board and Court remands.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot pes cavus, left foot pes cavus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2024
- Citation
- 24033312
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Decisions by this judge: 2,329 · Granted: 31% (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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to duty-to-assist errors and insufficient opinions regarding service connection for a bilateral foot condition. The Veteran's preexisting pes planus is not considered aggravated by service, but his current foot conditions are related to his service-connected hip and knee conditions.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left ankle degenerative arthritis, right ankle degenerative arthritis, left foot pes cavus, and right foot pes cavus as there is no credible medical evidence establishing a nexus between his current disabilities and his military service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran requested withdrawal of all service connection issues, and the appeal is dismissed.
- Partly granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for right and left foot pes planus, metatarsalgia, and plantar fasciitis, an effective date of April 22, 2020, for the grant of service connection for right and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and a TDIU. However, it denied higher ratings for bilateral cavus and compensable disability ratings for scars.
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