The Veteran seeks service connection for a skin disability, which may be related to his in-service exposure to herbicides and/or diesel fuels. The VA will need to provide an examination to determine the etiology of any current skin disabilities and whether they are related to service.
The deciding factor: The examiner is needed to assess the Veteran's current skin conditions and their relationship to his service-connected pulmonary eosinophilia with COPD, as well as to determine if these conditions had their onset during active duty service or are otherwise etiologically related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- psoriasis, tinea cruris, petechia, ecchymosis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2018
- Citation
- 1802027
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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
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