Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral foot disability, including gout and pes planus, to obtain an adequate VA medical opinion in compliance with prior remand instructions.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to non-compliance with previous remand directives regarding the November 1976 VA examination and the Veteran's statements regarding informal treatment for his feet from the medical corps, which were found not credible.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2025
- Citation
- 25003759
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