The Board has determined that additional development is needed to properly adjudicate the Veteran's claims for service connection, including obtaining an addendum VA medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The May 2015 VA examiner's opinions are inadequate and do not address all of the Veteran's skin disorders and symptoms during the appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disorder of the neck, skin disorder of the abdomen, skin disorder of the back, skin disorder of the legs, seborrheic dermatitis of the face
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 28, 2017
- Citation
- 1743155
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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.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for increased ratings and effective dates related to his bilateral leg conditions.,The Veteran was granted a TDIU rating as of October 6, 2011, based on his service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a skin disorder of the neck to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Partly granted
Service connection for bilateral hearing loss was granted. Service connection for osteoarthritis, chronic venous insufficiency, seborrheic dermatitis, and porphyria cutanea tarda were denied. The issue of service connection for tremors was remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including hypertension, right and left elbow disabilities, right and left foot disabilities, headaches, and a skin disorder of the legs. The evidence did not show these conditions were incurred or aggravated by military service.
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