The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for clarification of his disagreement and obtaining updated VA treatment records.
The deciding factor: Clarification of the Veteran's disagreement basis is required as it contradicts his current satisfaction with the 80% rating request.
- Claimed conditions
- keloid scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2015
- Citation
- 1520937
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for folliculitis, inguinal abscess, and other conditions, and remanded claims for rash, tinea cruris, and keloid scars. The 30 percent rating for acanthosis nigricans, diabetic dermopathy, and necrobiosis lipoidica was restored.
- Granted
The Veteran's chest keloid scars have been granted a 30 percent disability rating, effective May 27, 2019.,The appeal for an earlier effective date for the Veteran's chest keloid scars has been dismissed.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for multiple myeloma is granted. The Board also grants service connection for anxiety, bone pain, depression, erectile dysfunction, joint pain, keloid scars, left upper and lower extremity conditions, and right upper and lower extremity conditions as secondary to multiple myeloma.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities combine to an 80 percent evaluation, but he does not have an employment handicap for VA vocational rehabilitation purposes and is therefore denied VR&E benefits.
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