The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining medical records and providing the veteran with proper notice under the VCAA.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner will be asked to determine if the veteran's discoid lupus erythematous developed during his period of active service or is otherwise related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- discoid lupus erythematous
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2003
- Citation
- 0335828
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's discoid lupus erythematous is related to his military service. The Veteran will need to provide authorization for private treatment records and undergo a VA examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to uncertainty regarding whether the Veteran was in regular need of aid and attendance as a result of his service-connected disabilities, particularly given the presence of nonservice-connected disorders. The VA must obtain private medical records and provide an opinion on this matter.
- Denied
The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for discoid lupus erythematous, finding that there is no evidence linking his current condition to his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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