The Board remands the claims for service connection for recurrent right and left foot disabilities to ensure a thorough medical examination is conducted.
The deciding factor: The examiner's opinion was deemed inadequate due to the lack of a medical doctor, and the failure to consider the Veteran's credible history of in-service foot pain.
- 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
- June 23, 2025
- Citation
- 25008275
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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