The Veteran's claims for service connection for seborrhea and skin cancer/fatty tumors are remanded due to the need for a VA examination to determine if these conditions are related to his in-service exposure to Agent Orange.
The deciding factor: VA requires an examination when there is evidence of current disability, in-service event or disease, indication that the current disability may be related to service, and insufficient evidence to decide the case.
- Claimed conditions
- seborrhea, skin cancer/fatty tumors
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2014
- Citation
- 1407989
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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