The Board has remanded the case for a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's skin rash on his feet, hands, and legs had its onset during active duty service or is otherwise etiologically related to service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the available competent evidence was insufficient to decide the claim due to an inadequate private medical opinion, thus requiring a VA examination.
- Claimed conditions
- skin rash on the feet, skin rash on the hands, skin rash on the legs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19183679
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Decisions by this judge: 2,240 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence is against a finding that the veteran has a rash on the hands that is of service onset or otherwise related thereto.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development and consideration of his claims, including obtaining medical records and a VA examination to determine the etiology of his claimed conditions.
- Denied
The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a skin rash on his feet and arthritis of his cervical and lumbar spine, finding no competent medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a skin disorder of the groin and feet, a blood abnormality, a liver lesion, a right kidney cyst, shortness of breath, and dizziness, all claimed as undiagnosed illnesses resulting from service in the Persian Gulf War. The appeal is remanded to obtain additional evidence and provide further medical opinions.
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