The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including left foot plantar fasciitis, right foot plantar fasciitis, migraine, and others, to schedule VA examinations.
The deciding factor: Remand is needed to satisfy a regulatory or statutory duty by obtaining VA examinations to determine whether any of the Veteran's claimed disabilities are etiologically related to his active duty service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations or to his participation in a TERA.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot plantar fasciitis, right foot plantar fasciitis, migraine, eye disorder, claimed as myopia, left shoulder disorder, right shoulder disorder, dry eyes, cervical spine disorder, left wrist carpal tunnel, right wrist carpal tunnel, left hip disorder, right hip disorder, left groin disorder, right groin disorder, left ankle disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2024
- Citation
- A24068084
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 various conditions, including a head injury, headache disorder, erectile dysfunction, left earache disorder, chronic fatigue, right shoulder disorder, irritable bowel syndrome, right foot disorder, GERD, and left shoulder disorder, as the evidence did not support current diagnoses of these conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for migraine and muscle tension headaches, including as secondary to bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, otitis media, and spine arthritis.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death while it was pending.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for a cervical spine disorder and bilateral cataracts of the eyes.
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