The Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin and nail disorder, to include as secondary to herbicide exposure, is being remanded due to the need for further development.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not appear for his scheduled hearing, necessitating another opportunity for him to testify in support of his claim.
- Claimed conditions
- skin and nail disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 10, 2010
- Citation
- 1021600
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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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