The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a VA examination and consideration of additional evidence.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim is being remanded due to insufficient information about post-service treatment sources and the need for an updated VA examination regarding his skin disability.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disability of the hands and feet
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2008
- Citation
- 0807749
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for sleep apnea, headaches, and a skin disability of the hands and feet.,All three conditions are found to have had their onset during active duty service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for type II diabetes mellitus, bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, GERD, erectile dysfunction, hypertension, diabetic retinopathy, bladder disability / urinary frequency, skin disability of the hands and feet, and diarrhea due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to service or herbicide exposure.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's skin tumors of the chest and back were not incurred in or aggravated by active duty, nor may its incurrence or aggravation during such service be presumed. The Veteran's skin disability of the hands and feet was also not present in service and is not etiologically related to service.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a skin disability of the hands and feet, headaches, and a psychotic disorder.
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