The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions and needs further examination and opinion regarding the Veteran's skin disabilities, including shingles, and their relationship to his service-connected viral meningitis and recurrent cold sores.
The deciding factor: The provided medical opinions did not consider all evidence of record, including the Veteran's lay statements and specific diagnoses from August 2008 until his death.
- Claimed conditions
- shingles, facial rash, lesions on body, flare-up of tinea corporis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2021
- Citation
- 21069524
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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.
- Dismissed
The appeal seeking service connection for shingles was withdrawn by the Veteran and is therefore dismissed.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for shingles to ensure an adequate medical opinion is obtained and all qualifying periods of service are accurately identified.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for sleep apnea, fractured teeth for compensation purposes, and remanded the claim for shingles.
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