The Board remands the claims for further development, including an opportunity for representation and a VA examination to determine the current diagnosis of any skin condition and its etiology.
The deciding factor: Additional development is needed as the Veteran was not afforded full right to representation during all stages of the appeal and an opinion on the relationship between the claimed conditions and service is required.
- Claimed conditions
- skin condition (rash on legs, feet, and stomach), numbness of feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2009
- Citation
- 0910214
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Decisions by this judge: 1,454 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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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: Denied
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling an examination to determine the current nature and etiology of any cold injury residuals.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for numbness of feet and an increased rating for lumbosacral strain, finding that there was no evidence to support these claims. The veteran's numbness in his feet was not related to his service-connected tinea pedis or lumbosacral strain, and his lumbosacral strain did not meet the criteria for a higher rating.
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