The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings due to a lack of proper notice of the Veteran's right to a pre-decisional hearing before the AOJ.
The deciding factor: Remand is required because the Veteran was not provided notice of her rights to a pre-decisional hearing before the AOJ, which impacted the duty to assist in substantiating her claim.
- Claimed conditions
- leg length discrepancy, left leg, bilateral Achilles tendon disability, hammer toes, right foot, hammer toes, left foot
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25051389
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 766 · Granted: 40% (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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for hammer toes, bilateral pes planus, and left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome to obtain an adequate medical opinion.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for flatfoot (pes planus) and hammer toes, right foot, as secondary to hallux valgus status post bunionectomy.
- Partly granted
The veteran was granted a 30% rating for GERD and a 50% rating for bilateral pes planus and plantar fasciitis with arthritis and gout of the feet. All other claims were denied.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for both left and right foot hammer toes, stating there was no evidence of a current disability or in-service injury related to these conditions.
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