Citation Nr: 18157086
Decision Date: 12/11/18	Archive Date: 12/11/18

DOCKET NO. 15-04 323
DATE:	December 11, 2018
REMANDED
Entitlement to service connection for a bilateral foot condition is remanded.
Entitlement to service connection for a bilateral leg disability is remanded.
REASONS FOR REMAND
The Veteran served on active duty from August 1960 to August 1963. 
This matter comes before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) on appeal from a June 2013 rating decision by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Entitlement to service connection for a bilateral foot and bilateral leg disability.
The Veteran reported severe pain in his feet and legs, with some difficulty moving his lower extremities. He stated that forced marches, doing squat jumps, and jumping from helicopters during service caused his current pain. See October 2011 claim. He also noted that he was given soles for his feet during service. See February 2012 statement. Because there are medical questions outstanding, remand for a VA examination is necessary. See McLendon v. Nicholson, 20 Vet. App. 79, 81 (2006).

The matters are REMANDED for the following action:
1. The AOJ should arrange for a VA examination of the Veteran to determine the nature and likely cause of any bilateral foot and bilateral leg disability. The examiner should review the claim file (including this remand) and note such review was conducted. Based on review of the record and examination of the Veteran, the examiner should provide an opinion with detailed rationale that responds to the following:
(a.) Please identify, by diagnosis, all bilateral foot and bilateral leg disabilities present during the appeal period (from September 2011). If there is no diagnosis for either foot or leg, the examiner must state whether there is pain with functional impairment.
(b.) For each bilateral foot or bilateral leg disability diagnosed, or if no disability is diagnosed, for pain with functional impairment, is it at least as likely as not (50% or greater probability) that such disability was either incurred in or otherwise related to the Veteran’s military service? Please explain why. The examiner must discuss the Veteran’s reports that his bilateral foot and bilateral leg pain is related to forced marches, doing squat jumps, and jumping from helicopters during service.


2. If upon completion of the above action the issues remain denied, the case should be returned to the Board after compliance with appellate procedures.
 
E. I. VELEZ
Veterans Law Judge
Board of Veterans’ Appeals
ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD	J. Sandler, Associate Counsel