The Board remands the claim for a new examination to address whether the Veteran's bilateral foot disability is related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion evidence of record fails to adequately address the issues raised, and a new examination is necessary to consider the Veteran's lay statements regarding onset and continuity of symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot disability, to include pes planus and plantar fasciitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25097539
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 878 · Granted: 36% (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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a bilateral foot disability, to include pes planus and plantar fasciitis, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a back disability secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee disability and assigned an initial rating of 10 percent for hypertension.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal concerning the issue of service connection for a bilateral foot disability, to include pes planus and plantar fasciitis, is dismissed due to the Veteran's passing.
- Whole decision: Denied
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