The Veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings are being remanded due to missing VA treatment records. The TDIU claim is also being remanded as it is intertwined with the rating claims.
The deciding factor: Missing VA treatment records prevent a thorough evaluation of the Veteran's conditions and their impact on his disability ratings and TDIU claim.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Dermatophytosis of the head and face with pseudo folliculitis"}, {"condition_name":"Chronic arthritis"}, {"condition_name":"Lumbar spine disability (multilevel disc bulges, ligamentum flavum hypertrophy at L3-L4 and L4-L5, degenerative changes from L1 to S1, lumbar degenerative disc disease)"}, {"condition_name":"Dermatophytosis of the feet with tinea pedis and bilateral plantar dry skin syndrome"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19102456
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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