The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a lack of adequate examination and opinion regarding his bilateral foot disorders, including neuropathy, and lumbar disorder. The claims will be reviewed with additional examinations and opinions.
The deciding factor: The claims are being remanded as there is insufficient evidence to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed disabilities without further medical evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot musculoskeletal disability, left foot musculoskeletal disability, right foot neurological disability (neuropathy and idiopathic peripheral autonomic neuropathy), left foot neurological disability (neuropathy and idiopathic peripheral autonomic neuropathy), lumbar back strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2026
- Citation
- A26034234
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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's appeals for service connection for various conditions have been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his claims at a hearing.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected lumbar back strain, cervical spine disability, bilateral pes planus, left ankle and knee disabilities, tinnitus, and hearing loss are rated accordingly. The effective date for the grant of service connection is denied prior to December 29, 2015. A total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability (TDIU) and special monthly compensation (SMC) claims have also been denied.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, diagnosed as lumbar back strain, degenerative disc disease with posterior annular fissuring at L5-S1, and osteochondrosis and spondyloarthrosis L4-5 and L5-S1.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's lumbar back strain, finding that his current condition is related to an in-service injury and has manifested continuously since service. The decision resolves doubt in favor of the Veteran.
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