The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left foot nerve disabilities, to include as secondary to a service-connected disability, for further development of evidence.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions are inadequate due to reliance on an inaccurate diagnosis timeline and lack of clinical evidence supporting a causal relationship between alcohol use and bilateral foot neuropathy.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot nerve disability, left foot nerve disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2025
- Citation
- 25003347
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Decisions by this judge: 833 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VA medical opinions for some of the issues on appeal, particularly regarding the right and left foot disabilities. The claims are now pending again.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left hip and left foot nerve disabilities due to insufficient examination findings and lack of consideration of new evidence submitted by the Veteran.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for neck, left knee, right knee, and left foot nerve disabilities due to service. The VA will obtain any outstanding records and provide addendum opinions regarding the relationship of these conditions to service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right foot nerve disabilities, finding that there was no evidence of a present disability or a link to active service.
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