The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for a bilateral leg rash and bilateral toenail disorder due to the need for additional development, including VA examinations.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further examination and evaluation of the Veteran's conditions in order to determine their etiology and service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral leg rash, bilateral toenail disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2014
- Citation
- 1449087
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection for bilateral leg rash and heart attack as due to exposure at Camp Lejeune have been dismissed because the Veteran withdrew his appeals.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the cases for further examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's bilateral leg rash and any diagnosed acquired psychiatric disorders. The VA is required to provide an examination or obtain a medical opinion in these claims as they involve current disabilities potentially related to service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient rationale in the previous VA opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's stasis dermatitis, specifically whether it is related to his service-connected hypertension or bilateral lower extremity polyneuropathy, and whether it is related to his active duty service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus was denied as he does not have a current diagnosis of the condition. The claim for service connection for bilateral leg rash is remanded to obtain an opinion on its etiology.
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