The Board is remanding the issue of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim for service connection for a right foot skin disorder due to incomplete records. The Veteran's STRs do not include any treatment records, only an enlistment examination and a separation examination.
The deciding factor: Incomplete service treatment records prevent a determination on the merits of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot skin disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2018
- Citation
- 18156679
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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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