The Board has remanded the case for further development due to recent court rulings, and the veteran's claim of service connection for skin rash disability will be reviewed by the RO.
The deciding factor: The Federal Circuit invalidated a regulation that allowed the Board to consider additional evidence without remanding the case to the RO for initial consideration.
- Claimed conditions
- skin rash disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 10, 2003
- Citation
- 0323443
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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 service connection for pseudofolliculitis barbae, skin rash disability, bilateral eye disability, and bladder cancer as the evidence of record did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.
- Dismissed
The Board denied the veteran's appeal for both skin rash disability and tinnitus due to untimely filing of the appeal requests.
- Dismissed
The Board denied the veteran's appeals for both skin rash disability and tinnitus due to untimely filing of the appeal requests.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a low back disability and a right Achilles tendon disability, while dismissing the appeal for a right ankle disability. The other claims were remanded for further development.
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