The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate opinions and needs further examination for service connection of unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness, including dermatitis.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner failed to provide an opinion on whether the identified skin disability is related to the Veteran's active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness, non-specific dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20062739
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for hypertension, Parkinsonism, residuals of skin cancer, actinic keratosis, and non-specific dermatitis based on the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during active military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate notice of a scheduled VA examination and the need for another examination to determine the nature and etiology of the claim for service connection for an unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness based on Gulf War service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several claims due to the submission of additional evidence and a need for further development. The Veteran's service connection claims are being reconsidered.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for his skin disorder, including pruritis and non-specific dermatitis. The evidence did not meet the criteria for a compensable rating under either the old or new rating criteria.
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