The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for lupus should be remanded due to inadequate examination and failure to comply with hearing requirements.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded because the VA examiner’s opinion did not address all of the Veteran's contentions, particularly regarding the 2002 diagnosis and persistence of symptoms since service.
- Claimed conditions
- lupus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20068825
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for lupus to correct a duty to assist error related to an inadequate VA addendum opinion.
- Denied
The Board denied benefits for spina bifida and other covered birth defects as the Appellant does not have a diagnosis of spina bifida, and her mother is not a Vietnam Veteran.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for lupus, an acquired psychiatric disorder, a skin disorder, and a respiratory condition due to new and material evidence being submitted since the last final denial.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for obesity, a compensable initial rating for bilateral hearing loss disability, an increased rating for tinnitus, and an increased rating for PTSD. The issues of service connection for various disabilities were remanded.
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