The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's skin disorder claims, including his rash and herpes simplex type II. The case is now pending for further development.
The deciding factor: The June 2019 CAVC JMR instructed the Board to expand the scope of the claim to encompass any/all skin disorder diagnoses, not just herpes simplex type II.
- Claimed conditions
- skin rash, herpes simplex type II
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2020
- Citation
- 20005998
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left ankle disabilities, a skin rash, and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, shortness of breath, PTSD, OSA, cervical spine disability, lumbar spine disability, knee disabilities, CPS, and earlier effective dates.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including inadequate VA examinations and failure to obtain etiological opinions.
- Granted
The Board granted a 60 percent disability rating for herpes simplex type II because the Veteran requires near-constant use of systemic medication to control symptoms.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for skin rash due to an inadequate addendum opinion.
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