The veteran's claim for service connection for a skin condition, rosacea, is being remanded due to the need for additional development.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence and argument are required as the veteran has requested a hearing before a Veterans Law Judge.
- Claimed conditions
- rosacea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0628200
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Partly granted
The Board granted direct service connection for acne, rosacea, and cysts status post excision, as well as secondary service connection for irritated seborrheic keratoses. The initial rating in excess of 10 percent for multiple scars of the forehead from residual surgical removal of lesions was denied.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an annual VA clothing allowance for the 2020 calendar year due to the lack of a service-connected skin condition and evidence that the topical medications used caused irreparable damage to his clothes.
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