The Board remands the service connection claims for bilateral feet disabilities due to inadequate medical opinions and the need for additional evidence.
The deciding factor: The negative nexus opinions were based on the lack of complaints in the service treatment records, but this does not equate to unfavorable evidence. The examiner did not adequately address the Veteran's lay report of symptoms in service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a left foot fracture, missing bone of the right foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25033723
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,934 · Granted: 41% (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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence in the record, including the need to review two diagrams of the Veteran's left foot from her service treatment records.
- Partly granted
The claim for service connection for Meniere's disease as secondary to service-connected otosclerosis has been granted. The claim for residuals of a left foot fracture is being remanded.
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