The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's skin disability of the right leg. The claim will be returned for further evaluation.
The deciding factor: The VA examination provided an unfavorable opinion but was based on a lack of documentation of continuity and chronicity of care, which is not required by law.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disability of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2021
- Citation
- 21064477
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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 the Veteran's claims for service connection for a skin disability of the right and left legs, finding no credible evidence linking his current condition to service. The Veteran's TDIU claim was also denied as he is not unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a skin disability of the right leg to obtain an additional medical opinion that adequately addresses the Veteran's reports of chronicity and continuity of symptoms.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for coronary artery disease, chronic fatigue, PAD, hypertension, and a skin disability of the right leg due to incomplete records from Social Security Administration (SSA) and the need for VA examinations.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's skin disability of the right leg and bilateral foot disability are not related to his military service, and thus denied these claims.
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