The Veteran's skin disorder, shoulder, hip, and knee disorders are remanded for further examination. The Veteran's anxiety/PTSD/alcohol use disorder is also remanded for a VA examination to assess the severity of his disability.
The deciding factor: The claims involve service connection for various conditions that require additional medical evaluation to determine their etiology and relationship to service.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"skin disorder other than lipoma and soft tissue sarcoma"}, {"condition_name":"left shoulder disorder"}, {"condition_name":"right shoulder disorder"}, {"condition_name":"left hip disorder"}, {"condition_name":"right hip disorder"}, {"condition_name":"left knee disorder"}, {"condition_name":"right knee disorder"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19192695
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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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