Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal for additional development, including review of new evidence and readjudication.
The deciding factor: The Veteran failed to report for scheduled VA examinations without good cause, and the AOJ did not have an opportunity to consider newly submitted evidence in the first instance.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot disability, to include pes planus, plantar fasciitis, and gout, right foot disability, to include pes planus, plantar fasciitis, and gout, bilateral hearing loss, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), total disability rating due to individual unemployability (TDIU)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2025
- Citation
- 25003982
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