The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining VA medical records and scheduling a VA examination to determine if any current skin disorder is related to service or herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The examiner was asked to provide an opinion on whether any current skin disorder is at least as likely as not related to service or herbicide exposure in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disorder of the hands and feet
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 27, 2009
- Citation
- 0927935
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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
The Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome and a skin disorder of the hands and feet have been denied as there is no evidence that these conditions were incurred or aggravated by military service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service connection claims, including those for right knee disorder, upper-gastrointestinal (GI) disorder, hypertension, sleep apnea, and others. The TDIU claim is also being considered as a component of these increased rating claims.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board determined that the Veteran's skin disorder of the hands and feet was not incurred or aggravated in active service, as there were no complaints, findings, treatment, or diagnosis of a skin disorder during his military service. The claim is denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, a bilateral shin disability, and a skin disorder of the hands and feet.
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