The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the nature and etiology of any scalp disability, including whether it is related to service or herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: A medical examination is needed to determine if any current scalp disability is related to service or herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- scalp dermatitis, follicular crusting
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19140519
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Decisions by this judge: 1,913 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all claims as the Veteran withdrew his appeals prior to a decision being made.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a skin disability, including staphylococcus aureus infection and scalp dermatitis. The Veteran's skin disability is considered to be related to her active-duty service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has not properly addressed the Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin disability affecting the scalp, as it did not comply with previous remand directives regarding the need to provide an opinion on the etiology of the Veteran's folliculitis and whether it is related to service or exposure to Agent Orange. The case is being remanded for further development.
- Granted
The Board has granted the reopening of the claim for service connection for lumbar spine disability. The claims for left ankle, left knee, recurrent chest pain, bilateral shoulder, neck, and bilateral hip disabilities are denied as there is no evidence showing a current disability or that any such disabilities are related to service. Service connection for allergic rhinitis, sinus bradycardia, stomach disability, facial cellulitis, scalp dermatitis, headache, and bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy is also denied.
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