The Board has remanded the veteran's claims due to his withdrawal of his claim for a skin condition and the need to provide additional evidence regarding the veracity of his claimed in-service stressors, as well as further examination to determine the etiology of his PTSD, hepatitis C, and dental trauma.
The deciding factor: The veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for a skin condition. The Board is remanding the remaining claims due to the need to verify the veracity of his claimed in-service stressors and provide additional medical examinations to determine the etiology of his PTSD, hepatitis C, and dental trauma.
- Claimed conditions
- skin condition, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), hepatitis C, residuals of dental trauma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0601279
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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hepatitis C, jaundice, hypogeusia, and hyposmia as there was no evidence of a current disability during the pendency of the claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for PTSD to be readjudicated on the merits due to new and relevant evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied service connection for hepatitis C and remanded the claim for a heart disability due to insufficient evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a skin condition, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the Veteran's current skin conditions and his military service.
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