The veteran's claims for higher initial evaluations and earlier effective dates for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional VCAA compliance.
The deciding factor: Additional VCAA notice is required as the current notices do not comply with the requirements of 38 U.S.C.A. § 5103(a).
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the cervical spine with ankylosing spondylitis, atopic dermatitis of the hands
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 8, 2005
- Citation
- 0515428
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for several conditions with an effective date of February 1, 2023, but remanded other issues related to initial disability ratings and new claims.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for xeroderma of the feet, atopic dermatitis of the hands, and tinea cruris as there was no evidence of a current disability or link to service.
- Denied
The veteran's initial claim for increased evaluations of his service-connected cervical spine disability was denied, and the effective date for service connection of his atopic dermatitis was not established.
- 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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