The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened and are being remanded for further examination and opinion regarding the etiology of his claimed conditions.
The deciding factor: The claims were previously denied due to lack of evidence establishing a link between the conditions and service, but new evidence has now been submitted that raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee degenerative joint disease (DJD), right foot calluses, pseudofolliculitis barbae (claimed as rash and facial problems and/or psoriasis)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19191530
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Decisions by this judge: 2,170 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case for further adjudication due to new and relevant evidence received, which suggests that the Veteran's right knee DJD may be secondary to his service-connected left knee DJD.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left knee degenerative joint disease to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error by providing notice of the Veteran's right to a hearing.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for an initial rating greater than 10 percent for left and right foot calluses, and a compensable rating for a residual scar from a right groin abscess due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for right foot calluses, finding that the evidence supports a link between the condition and the Veteran's active-duty service.
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