The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a compensable rating for service-connected dermatitis, service connection for a low back disability, and service connection for bilateral knee disabilities due to the need for additional medical examinations.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for further examination to assess the current state of the Veteran's conditions and their relationship to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- shaving condition, low back disability (claimed as back pain), right knee disability (claimed as right knee pain), left knee disability (claimed as left knee pain)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2021
- Citation
- 21063773
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for anxiety, insomnia, a lumbar spine disability, and bilateral knee disabilities as there was no evidence of current diagnoses related to the Veteran's military service.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for tinnitus was granted. Claims for bilateral foot disability, left knee disability, and right knee disability were denied. Claims for bilateral hearing loss disability, left wrist disability, right wrist disability, and sleep apnea were remanded.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for reductions in evaluation, ratings for sciatic and femoral radiculopathy, and service connection for umbilical hernia and shaving condition.
- Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted, but the specific conditions and disabilities are not specified in the decision summary. The effective dates of any potential grants are not provided.
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