The veteran's appeal is being remanded due to incomplete procedural steps and the need for additional VCAA notifications.
The deciding factor: Incomplete procedural steps require a remand, including addressing issues not previously addressed in statements of the case and providing proper VCAA notices.
- Claimed conditions
- acne scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0615110
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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 granted an initial compensable rating of 50 percent for service-connected acne, facial scarring, effective December 16, 2013.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various scars and an eye condition due to a duty to assist error and a notice error.
- Dismissed
The appeals for service connection for migraine headaches, hemorrhoids, a respiratory disability, acne, and acne scars were dismissed due to a procedural defect.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's appeal for an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for service-connected acne scars.
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