The Board has remanded the case for a VA examination to determine whether the veteran's skin disorders are related to his service-connected disabilities, including PTSD.
The deciding factor: The examiner is requested to render an opinion as to whether any identified skin disability was caused by or worsened in severity due to any service-connected disability (PTSD, irritable bowel syndrome, or otitis externa) or treatment, to include medications.
- Claimed conditions
- fungal infections, mucocutaneous candidiasis, skin blotches, moles
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 31, 2005
- Citation
- 0524018
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to service-connected PTSD. The claims for moles, lipomas, and a skin disability (white patches) caused by exposure to herbicide agents have been dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claims for various conditions, including vision disability, allergies, and back pain, due to insufficient evidence of toxic exposure risk activities (TERA) at Camp Lejeune.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for moles, gastritis, left elbow disability, left shoulder disability, right hamstring disability, left hamstring disability, and right leg disability due to new evidence and incomplete consideration of all periods of service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claim due to non-compliance with previous directives. The Veteran's skin disorders are being reviewed again for service connection.
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