The Board has remanded the claim for service connection of a skin disability, claimed as secondary to herbicide agent exposure, due to insufficient examination and opinion regarding in-service sun exposure and presumed herbicide agent exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide an opinion on whether likely in-service sun exposure or presumed herbicide agent exposure caused or accelerated the development of the diagnosed skin disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- seborrheic keratosis, fibrous papule, lentigines, rosacea, myxoid cyst
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19143284
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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