The Board has ordered a remand for further examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's skin disorders, including whether they are related to service. The case will be returned to the RO for readjudication.
The deciding factor: The remand was ordered due to inadequate examination addressing continuity of symptoms since service and causation of current skin conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- actinic keratosis, allergic contact dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, cellulitis, contact dermatitis, dyshidrosis, pompholyx, eczema, impetigo, porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), porphyrin metabolism, pyoderma, xeroderma pigmentosum
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2010
- Citation
- 1019970
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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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