The Veteran's claim for service connection for scleroderma is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining relevant service personnel and treatment records from his period of Annual Training in September 2006. The Veteran should also be provided with a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of his current scleroderma.
The deciding factor: The claim requires further evidence due to the lack of contemporaneous service treatment records for the claimed condition during the relevant period of active duty, necessitating additional development including obtaining relevant service personnel and treatment records from the Veteran's Annual Training in September 2006. Additionally, a VA examination is needed to determine if any current scleroderma disability had its onset or was related to this period of service.
- Claimed conditions
- scleroderma
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 10, 2014
- Citation
- 1426177
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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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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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