The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for a recurrent right foot disability and a recurrent left foot disability for additional development, including a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The examination report is of limited probative value due to deficiencies in addressing the Veteran's credible history of bilateral foot pain since being assigned ill-fitting boots during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Recurrent right foot disability, Recurrent left foot disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- 25001757
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Decisions by this judge: 918 · Granted: 32% (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
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