Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral flatfoot to provide the Veteran with a VA examination and obtain a medical nexus opinion.
The deciding factor: Remand is warranted due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, as the Veteran was never given a VA examination despite his available April 2011 separation examination listing foot trouble.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral flatfoot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25020537
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