The Board has remanded the case for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's current hypertension is related to service. The mucus retention cyst and contact dermatitis claims are denied as there is no evidence of these conditions during or recent to the pendency of the claim.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient medical evidence to establish that the Veteran has current diagnoses of a mucus retention cyst, contact dermatitis, or hypertension related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- mucus retention cyst, contact dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19163933
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for several service-connected conditions, granted a 20 percent rating for left lower extremity radiculopathy, and remanded other issues.
- Partly granted
The Board granted initial ratings of 30 percent for trigeminal neuralgia and 40 percent for both left and right lower extremity radiculopathy, but denied an increased rating for contact dermatitis. An earlier effective date was also granted for the right lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal requests for the specified rating decisions were denied as they were not timely filed, and good cause was not shown to accept late filings.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an initial compensable disability rating for service-connected contact dermatitis to correct a duty to assist error.
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