The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and rating of skin disabilities, low back disability, and peripheral neuropathy due to inadequate medical opinions and examination findings.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional medical examinations and opinions to address the nature and etiology of the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- rosacea, acne
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19100166
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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including bilateral plantar fasciitis, chronic pain syndrome, sciatic radicular pain of both legs, traumatic brain injury (TBI), shin splints of both legs, thoracic spondylosis, right shoulder strain, right wrist strain, acne, and allergic rhinitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for acne to obtain an addendum opinion addressing whether the Veteran's condition was aggravated by his service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and dismissed the claims for lumbosacral strain, migraine headaches, and acne. The claims for acquired psychiatric disorder and left wrist condition were remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an increased rating and earlier effective date for migraines, as well as for an increased rating and earlier effective date for acne.
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