The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to inadequate medical opinions in the original decision. The issues of service connection are being addressed.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner relied on the absence of treatment records without considering the Veteran's competent reports, which rendered their opinions inadequate.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis, degenerative arthritis of the right knee, degenerative arthritis of the left knee, right leg shin splints, left leg shin splints, degenerative arthritis of the right ankle, degenerative arthritis of the left ankle, pes planus (claimed as flat feet)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2026
- Citation
- A26020041
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection of right leg shin splints during a hearing before the Board. As a result, the appeal is dismissed.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions were granted effective from July 1, 2020.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to their death. The claims for increased ratings and individual unemployability have all been dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for left leg shin splints, right leg shin splints, back disability, and neck disability due to insufficient evidence in the record regarding these conditions.
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