The Board has remanded the case due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error, requiring further examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's skin disabilities.
The deciding factor: There is an identified need for additional medical and lay evidence to clarify the nature and etiology of the Veteran’s skin disabilities, including whether they are related to service or exposure to herbicide agents.
- Claimed conditions
- Burn injuries, Non-melanoma skin cancer, Squamous cell carcinoma, Skin neoplasms (including malignant melanoma), Basal cell cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2020
- Citation
- A20009293
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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
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- Denied
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