The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development to address his claims of service connection and increased evaluation, as well as his entitlement to specially adapted housing and/or special home adaptations.
The deciding factor: The case requires further examination and review due to the need for updated medical records and a more contemporaneous VA psychiatric examination.
- Claimed conditions
- dermatitis of the face, eating disorder, porphyria cutanea tarda, residuals of shrapnel fragments of the face and eyes, cancer of the chest, cancer of the face, liver disorder (to include cancer and/or cirrhosis of the liver)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2016
- Citation
- 1609149
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for porphyria cutanea tarda, finding that it manifested within one year of his exposure to herbicides in Vietnam. The appeal is granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claim for service connection for an eating disorder, including bulimia, should be remanded due to a duty to assist error and the need for further examination.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased rating for tinnitus, service connection for PTSD, artery disorder, eating disorder, and rashes.
- Partly granted
The appeal was granted for service connection for latent tuberculosis and dermatitis of the face, while other claims were denied.
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