The Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation for hidradenitis suppurativa with scarring is being remanded due to the need for additional development, including obtaining a photograph of his face and resolving inconsistencies in medical records.
The deciding factor: Additional development is required as requested by previous Board orders, specifically obtaining missing VA medical records and photographs related to the Veteran's hidradenitis suppurativa with scarring.
- Claimed conditions
- hidradenitis suppurativa with scarring
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2016
- Citation
- 1600434
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for reimbursement of non-VA medical care provided at NYPMG Queens on September 4, 2020, to September 6, 2020, finding that the treatment was related to his service-connected hidradenitis suppurativa and rendered in a medical emergency. The appeal is granted.
- Dismissed
The Board has been notified of the appellant's withdrawal of the appeal and, therefore, the appeal is dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The case is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling the Veteran for examinations to determine the current severity of his service-connected hidradenitis suppurativa with scarring, right knee chondromalacia, right knee laxity, and any right hip disability. The etiology of any right hip disability is also being evaluated.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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