The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for vaginal psoriasis, as secondary to her service-connected vaginitis, and for an initial compensable rating for her service-connected vaginitis. The Veteran's claim for SMC due to loss of use of a creative organ is also remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the claims were not fully addressed in previous decisions and required additional medical examination and opinion regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's conditions, as well as whether her service-connected vaginitis constitutes loss of use of a creative organ.
- Claimed conditions
- vaginal psoriasis, vaginitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2020
- Citation
- 20003606
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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for psoriasis, an eye disability, residuals of left eye trauma, vaginitis, migraine, and costochondritis as the Veteran refused to report for scheduled VA examinations without good cause. The lumbar spine, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and left lower extremity radiculopathy claims were also denied based on insufficient evidence.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus was granted, while other claims were denied or remanded.
- Granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for vaginitis effective February 3, 2023, as the Veteran's symptoms were not controlled by continuous treatment.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for stress incontinence, vaginitis, bilateral plantar fasciitis, lumbosacral strain with mild levoscoliosis, anxiety disorder with TBI, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome with patellar dislocation, and bilateral hearing loss. The claims for increased ratings were also dismissed. The Board remanded several other claims for further development.
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