The Board remands the claim for TDIU due to a need for further development of evidence, including VA treatment records and completion of necessary forms.
The deciding factor: Remand is required to ensure adequate consideration of new VA treatment records and to provide the Veteran with an opportunity to complete necessary forms for a TDIU claim.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral tarsal tunnel syndrome, lumbar strain, degenerative disc disease, intervertebral disc syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2025
- Citation
- 25014598
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,614 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's bilateral tarsal tunnel syndrome is caused or aggravated by his service-connected lumbar spinal stenosis.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral tarsal tunnel syndrome, finding that there was no current diagnosis of this condition and concluding that her lay statements were not probative.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral tarsal tunnel syndrome as it is not caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected back disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's hypertension is not rated higher than noncompensable.,Her bilateral tarsal tunnel syndrome, status-post surgery with release, does not warrant a rating in excess of 10 percent.,Her left tarsal tunnel syndrome also does not meet the criteria for a higher rating.,The Veteran's eligibility for financial assistance for an automobile or adaptive equipment is denied.,The issue regarding loss of use of the right foot has been referred to the RO.
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