The Veteran's claims for service connection for left-hand and bilateral foot skin disabilities have been reopened, but the Board has determined that additional evidence is needed to decide these claims.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions are inadequate due to lack of rationale, necessitating further examination and opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- left-hand skin disability, bilateral foot skin disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19190124
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The claim for service connection for migraine headaches was dismissed as there is no issue of fact or law for the Board to decide.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that there was not substantial compliance with its prior remand and thus requires further development for the Veteran's claims of service connection for left-hand skin disability and bilateral foot skin disability.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for sleep apnea and denied service connection for left arm disability, prostate disability, and left-hand skin disability. The Veteran's sleep apnea is found to be aggravated by his service-connected PTSD. His left arm disability, prostate disability, and left-hand skin disability are not found to have onset during service or otherwise related to such service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for a left-hand skin disability and bilateral foot skin disability due to inadequate medical opinions in the prior remand. The VA is required to obtain new medical opinions addressing the etiology of these disabilities, particularly whether they are related to exposure to murky water during field exercises.
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