The Board has remanded the case due to an inadequate VA examination, and a new one must be conducted to determine if the Veteran's pes cavus is a congenital defect or disease, and whether any additional disability was related to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not clearly identify whether the pes cavus is a congenital defect or disease, nor did they consider the in-service foot injuries and fractures that may have contributed to the condition.
- Claimed conditions
- pes cavus of the right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2024
- Citation
- A24064554
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 134 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for pes cavus of the right foot, left foot, and status post fracture with traumatic arthritis of the right foot due to lack of aggravation during service.,Service connection was not granted as the Veteran's conditions were found to be congenital diseases that pre-existed service.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for the claims related to residuals of a left shoulder injury and pes cavus of the right foot.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for patellar tendonitis of the right knee and pes cavus of the right foot. Service connection is also granted for lumbar degenerative disc disease, claimed as a lower back condition, but further development is needed due to an incomplete medical record.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for pes cavus of the right foot and granted it, finding that new evidence submitted since the last denial indicates aggravation in service. The Veteran is now entitled to service connection for this condition.
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