The Board remands the matter for an examination to determine the current nature and severity of the Veteran's service-connected bilateral 5th toe painful callus/corn, as the January 2022 VA examination was inadequate.
The deciding factor: The VA examination is inadequate as it does not allow the Board to properly apply the rating criteria to the service-connected bilateral fifth toe disability due to unclear number of calluses.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral 5th toe painful callus/corn, painful corns, lesions, Tailor's bunion, bilateral hammertoe deformity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25052024
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Decisions by this judge: 1,726 · Granted: 19% (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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- Granted
Service connection for bilateral hammertoe deformity and bilateral heel spurs has been granted.
- Denied
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