The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's skin disorder, specifically eczema and tinea. The Veteran is asked to provide private treatment records for his skin issues and a VA examination will be scheduled to address these claims.
The deciding factor: Insufficient evidence was provided to determine if the Veteran's current skin disorders are related to service or not.
- Claimed conditions
- eczema, tinea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2020
- Citation
- 20072918
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
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for joint pains, CFS, allergic rhinitis, eczema, IBS, hypertension, hypothyroidism, and sleep apnea as there was no evidence of a current disability or that these conditions were related to the Veteran's active duty service.
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