The Board has determined that the remand directives have not been substantially complied with and thus an additional remand is necessary. The Veteran's skin disability to include mycosis fungoides and T-Cell Lymphoma is being remanded for further examination.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner was not able to elicit a full history from the Veteran regarding his current skin disability, including its onset during service or any relationship to in-service disease, event, or injury.
- Claimed conditions
- mycosis fungoides, T-Cell Lymphoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2020
- Citation
- 20070182
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Decisions by this judge: 1,858 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran is granted an effective date of September 1, 2023, for the 100 percent disability rating of lymphomatoid papulosis, to include mycosis fungoides, and painful scarring (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma).
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed as he withdrew his appeals for the initial compensable rating, a rating in excess of 60 percent, and a 10 percent rating for multiple non-compensable service connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for mycosis fungoides and a thyroid disability due to a duty to assist error. A VA examination is required to determine if these conditions are related to active service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of January 12, 2018, for the grant of service connection for mycosis fungoides. The earliest indication of diagnosis was on that date.
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