The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the relationship between the Veteran's hair loss and her military service. A new VA examination is required.
The deciding factor: The examiner must consider the Veteran's lay statements about her hair loss in service when determining whether it is related to her military service.
- Claimed conditions
- hair loss
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2020
- Citation
- 20074219
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 claims for service connection and increased ratings due to insufficient evidence to evaluate the claims adequately.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including abnormal weight loss, a bladder disability, blockage of the neck arteries, and others. The evidence did not support a finding that any of these conditions were related to the Veteran's active service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hair loss, back pain, depression and anxiety, uveitis, and joint pain as the evidence did not support a finding of current disability or a causal relationship to service.
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