![]() ![]() a probability of 50 percent or greater) that the Veteran’s current bilateral foot disorder, to include pes planus, Morton’s neuroma, metatarsalgia, hammer toes, hallux valgus, plantar fasciitis, and/or degenerative arthritis, had its onset during service or is otherwise etiologically related to service? The examiner is requested to provide the following opinion: Schedule the relevant VA examination with opinion in order to assist in determining the etiology of the Veteran’s bilateral foot disorder, to include pes planus, Morton’s neuroma, metatarsalgia, hammer toes, hallux valgus, plantar fasciitis, and degenerative arthritis. ![]() The matter is REMANDED for the following action: Specifically, the parties agreed that the June 2015 VA examiner’s opinion did not discuss the Veteran’s testimony during the October 2014 Board hearing that he had internal foot pain in service that did not resolve.Īs such, the April 2018 JMR directed the Board to remand the appeal in order to obtain a new VA examination and opinion regarding all of the Veteran’s foot disabilities and whether they are etiologically related to active service. ![]() The Board’s December 2016 decision was remanded pursuant to an April 2018 Joint Motion for Remand (JMR) on the basis that remand was necessary because the Board relied on what the JMR agreed to be an inadequate medical opinion contained in a June 2015 VA examination report. ![]() In a December 2016 decision, the Board denied service connection for a bilateral foot disorder, which the Veteran appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Court). Service connection for a bilateral foot disorder is remanded. The Veteran, who is the appellant, served on active duty from March 1976 to March 1979. Service connection for a bilateral foot disorder, to include pes planus, Morton’s neuroma, metatarsalgia, hammer toes, hallux valgus, plantar fasciitis, and degenerative arthritis, is remanded. ![]()
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