The veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and scheduling a VA examination to evaluate his service-connected folliculitis barbae.
The deciding factor: The case was not fully adjudicated under the revised rating criteria for skin disabilities due to incomplete information and lack of recent medical evaluations.
- Claimed conditions
- folliculitis barbae
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 14, 2004
- Citation
- 0433016
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's lumbosacral strain, left ankle disability, folliculitis barbae, migraines, and tinnitus are all found to be related to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating of his IVDS with degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine is being remanded. His service connection claim for folliculitis barbae is also being remanded.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals have been dismissed due to his withdrawal of the appeal.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for TMJ and remanded the issue of service connection for folliculitis barbae due to a pre-decisional error in not considering relevant STRs.
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