The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development to determine the appropriate evaluation of his service-connected dermatographic urticaria since 1995, including consideration of both pre-2002 and post-2002 rating criteria.
The deciding factor: The claim requires a review of treatment records from both private and VA sources to determine the extent of disability due to the Veteran's service-connected dermatographic urticaria since 1995, including consideration of different rating criteria applicable before and after August 2002.
- Claimed conditions
- dermatographic urticaria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2011
- Citation
- 1133414
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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).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's dermatographia, dry skin, and dermatographic urticaria have been granted service connection as a diagnosed illness without conclusive pathophysiology or etiology that has required first line treatment for control.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's skin rash of the trunk and extremities is considered to have started during service and has persisted since then, meeting the criteria for service connection.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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