The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for lichen planus and neuropathy of the right hand due to new evidence received since June 2003. The Veteran's erectile dysfunction claim is granted, but an earlier effective date claim is dismissed.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that relates to unestablished facts necessary to substantiate the claims for service connection for lichen planus and neuropathy of the right hand.
- Claimed conditions
- lichen planus, neuropathy of the right hand
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2018
- Citation
- 18117622
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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 denied the veteran's appeal for timely filing of an appeal request, dismissing the attempted appeal.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for an earlier effective date and a higher initial rating for bipolar disorder, as well as the claim for a higher rating for lichen planus, due to the fact that these issues were not properly before the Board.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a compensable initial disability rating for hypertension and remanded the service connection claim for lichen planus.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for increased rating and service connection for various conditions, leading to the dismissal of all claims.
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