The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for entitlement to service connection for skin disorders on his arms and legs, as well as numbness in his fingertips. The VA will need to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the nature and etiology of these conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA needs more information about the relationship between the Veteran's current skin disorders and numbness in his upper extremities and his military service due to incomplete medical opinions provided by previous examiners.
- Claimed conditions
- spots on arms, rash on legs, numbness in fingertips of the right hand, numbness in fingertips of the left hand
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2021
- Citation
- 21061700
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,316 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for rash on legs, tinea pedis, and onychocryptosis, finding that there is no evidence to support these conditions being related to his military service or secondary to a service-connected condition.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's depression is granted as secondary to her service-connected obstructive sleep apnea.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has found that the Veteran's skin rash disability is due to an undiagnosed illness and thus presumed to be due to his exposure to toxins while serving in Saudi Arabia. As a result, service connection for rash on legs, face, waist, and feet is granted.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for a rash on the legs and a left ankle disorder are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including VA medical examinations.
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