The Board has remanded the case to allow for a DRO hearing, as requested by the Veteran. The claim of reopening service connection for skin disorders remains pending.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested a DRO hearing and no such hearing has been scheduled yet.
- Claimed conditions
- contact dermatitis of the hands, lichen simplex chronicus of the groin, xerosis of the lower extremities, atypical psoriasis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2012
- Citation
- 1209251
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's skin disorders, including dermatitis, eczema, lichen simplex, xerosis, and atypical psoriasis, are found to be related to his military service. The Board granted the claim for service connection based on direct evidence of a link between the conditions and service.
- Denied
The VA determined that the Veteran's skin disorders are not related to his military service, including exposure to herbicides.
- Denied
The Board has denied the veteran's claims for a compensable rating for contact dermatitis of the hands and an initial noncompensable rating for prostate cancer with postoperative residuals of radical prostatectomy and impotence, effective from September 1, 2002.
- Denied
The RO denied increased ratings for low back disability, right knee surgery, and contact dermatitis of the hands, as well as a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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