The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence of current disabilities and a need for VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the lack of sufficient evidence of current disabilities and the need to determine if there are any associations with military service through VA examinations.
- Claimed conditions
- toe fungus, thickened toenails
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2026
- Citation
- A26027033
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hip arthritis, a bilateral knee condition, bilateral foot peripheral neuropathy, and toe fungus due to a lack of evidence showing current disabilities related to these conditions during or proximate to the pendency of the claim.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for lower back pain with lumbosacral strain and traction alopecia, but denied service connection for left achilles heel and toe fungus. The Board also denied a compensable rating for headaches.
- Dismissed
The appeals regarding left upper extremity CTS, right upper extremity CTS, and low back condition are dismissed. The appeal for erectile dysfunction is remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for additional development due to a failure to comply with an earlier Board remand and inadequate consideration of the Veteran's credibility regarding in-service injuries.
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