The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for ingrown toenail, folliculitis, carbuncle, residuals of TBI, gingivitis, and periodontitis due to lack of evidence supporting these claims.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking any of the claimed conditions to service or a known in-service event, injury, or illness.
- Claimed conditions
- ingrown toenail, folliculitis, carbuncle, residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI), gingivitis, periodontitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2018
- Citation
- 18140607
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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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