The Veteran's cellulitis of the lower extremities is remanded due to a lack of a VA examination and need for further medical evaluation.
The deciding factor: Further medical evaluation is needed to determine if the Veteran's current disability had its onset in, or is otherwise attributable to, his period of active service.
- Claimed conditions
- cellulitis of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19148048
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Decisions by this judge: 1,757 · Granted: 23% (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
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- Denied
The Board denied the appeal as the appellant did not file a timely substantive appeal with respect to the September 2015 rating decision and September 2016 SOC for issues of accrued benefits and service connection for cause of death.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, a heart disorder, and cellulitis of the lower extremities were denied. The claim for diabetes mellitus was reopened due to new evidence showing potential exposure to herbicide agents in Okinawa, Japan, but the Board found insufficient evidence to confirm such exposure. Service connection was not granted as there is no established link between service and these conditions.
- Denied
The Board denied the appellant's appeal as her substantive appeal was not timely filed with respect to the September 2015 denials of compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for cellulitis of the lower extremities, vascular problems, atrial fibrillation and kidney disease for accrued benefits purposes, and service connection for the cause of the Veteran’s death.
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