Citation Nr: 18145117
Decision Date: 10/26/18	Archive Date: 10/26/18

DOCKET NO. 16-27 680
DATE:	October 26, 2018
REMANDED
Entitlement to service connection for right foot plantar fasciitis is remanded.
Entitlement to special monthly compensation (SMC) based on being housebound is remanded.
REASONS FOR REMAND
The Veteran had active service with the United States Army from June 1975 to September 1978, from May 1993 to June 1993, and from August 2006 to August 2007, with additional Reserve service.
1.  Entitlement to service connection for right foot plantar fasciitis is remanded.
2.  Entitlement to SMC based on being housebound is remanded.
In a March 2017 determination, the Board remanded the above issues for additional development, as well as five other issues.  The remand directed the Agency of Original Jurisdiction (AOJ) to obtain VA treatment records, obtain any outstanding private treatment records authorized by the Veteran, send the Veteran a letter notifying him regarding lay statements that he could submit, provide the Veteran with a VA examination, and then to readjudicate the claims.
In April 2017, the AOJ sent the Veteran the letter directed by the Board, in June 2017 the Veteran underwent a VA examination as directed, and on multiple occasions the AOJ associated additional VA treatment records with the electronic claims file.  However, there is no evidence that the AOJ readjudicated the claims.  There is no rating decision and/or Supplemental Statement of the Case (SSOC) of record addressing the above issues or the other issues remanded by the Board in March 2017.  
As such, the Board finds that a remand is required to afford the AOJ the opportunity to readjudicate the claims based on the new evidence of record since the time of the last AOJ adjudication.
The matters are REMANDED for the following action:
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After conducting any remaining development ordered in the March 2017 Board remand and any additional development warranted based on the additional evidence of record, readjudicate the appeal.  If any benefit sought on appeal is not granted in full, furnish the Veteran an SSOC that gives him notice of all the evidence added to the record since the February 2015 SSOC.  The Veteran should be given an appropriate opportunity for response before returning the appeal to the Board.
 
J.W. FRANCIS
Veterans Law Judge
Board of Veterans’ Appeals
ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD	C. J. Houbeck, Counsel