The Board denied service connection for a skin disorder involving the bilateral lower extremities, finding no evidence linking it to service. The issues of rating PTSD and total disability based on individual unemployability are remanded.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence showing a nexus between the Veteran's current skin disability and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disorder involving bilateral lower extremities, venous stasis disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2018
- Citation
- 18155505
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals of the denial of service connection for various conditions and ratings, leading to the dismissal of these legacy appeals.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's current venous stasis disease status post pulmonary emboli with residuals and status post-phlebitic syndrome did not develop during service or as a result of any incident therein. The condition is considered to have developed long after his military service.
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