The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a rating in excess of 20 percent prior to July 14, 2022, and in excess of 40 percent thereafter for lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease, as well as service connection for right and left foot disabilities due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary to obtain a current opinion on the severity of the Veteran's lumbosacral strain and an etiology opinion for his foot conditions, as previous opinions were found inadequate.
- Claimed conditions
- left foot disability, to include pes planus, plantar fasciitis and calcaneal spur, lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease, right foot disability, to include pes planus, plantar fasciitis and calcaneal spur
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2025
- Citation
- 25007605
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Decisions by this judge: 857 · Granted: 35% (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: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease and right lower extremity radiculopathy affecting the sciatic nerve, effective January 12, 2024. Attorney fees are eligible based on past due benefits awarded in this decision.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease, headaches, an acquired psychiatric disorder (other specified trauma and stressor related disorder and PTSD), and Parkinson's disease. The conditions are presumed to be due to exposure in service.,Service connection is established for all four claimed conditions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied due to lack of evidence supporting the conditions prior to August 4, 2021.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability or in-service incurrence and concluding that the Veteran's back condition did not manifest during service.
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