The Board has remanded the case due to deficiencies in notification and development under the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000. The claim for service connection for a skin rash will be reconsidered.
The deciding factor: The decision was deficient in providing the appellant with notice of his duties to provide evidence, as required by the VCAA.
- Claimed conditions
- skin rash
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2003
- Citation
- 0333764
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, bilateral tinnitus, a skin disability (claimed as skin rash), and sinusitis to afford the veteran another opportunity to attend VA examinations.
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