The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to inadequate development and need for additional medical opinions.
The deciding factor: Additional development is required as the previous VA examination did not adequately address the etiology of the Veteran's skin disability, which may be related to service despite not being presumptively associated with herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disability of the head, arthritic disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 31, 2018
- Citation
- 18106427
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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