The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical records and need for further examination regarding the Veteran's skin disorder, specifically scleroderma.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical records make it impossible to confirm a diagnosis of morphea or link any skin condition to service exposure at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- scleroderma, morphea
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2020
- Citation
- 20037105
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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.
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