The Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for hepatitis C is remanded due to the need to obtain Social Security Administration (SSA) records.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for psoriasis, as secondary to hepatitis C, is remanded because no VA examiner has considered the February 2010 study indicating that psoriasis is associated with hepatitis C.
The deciding factor: VA must attempt to obtain relevant records from a Federal department or agency (SSA) and provide a nexus opinion regarding the Veteran's psoriasis claim.,No VA examiner has provided a nexus opinion in the case, thus remand for an appropriate clinician to address whether psoriasis is at least as likely as not proximately due to hepatitis C.
- Claimed conditions
- hepatitis C, psoriasis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 24, 2018
- Citation
- 18137868
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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.
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