The Board has remanded the cases for further development and rating consideration due to issues related to service-connected scars, including a TDIU claim. The Veteran's pain is associated with his service-connected scars.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s primary complaint is scar pain, which was found to be of neuropathic origin in an August 2013 VA treatment note and confirmed by the April 2019 VA examination as having damage to superficial nerves status post right orchiectomy with numbness around scars.
- Claimed conditions
- painful scar, residual scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19164649
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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.
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