The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for a psychiatric disorder, a skin disorder, and TDIU due to unresolved medical opinions regarding the etiology of his conditions.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions are needed to determine whether the Veteran's current psychiatric and skin disorders are related to service or service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric Disorder, Skin Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19152438
Veterans Law Judge
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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