The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions and missing private treatment records. The Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic skin disorder, which includes morphea, is pending.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner was unable to provide a clear opinion on whether the Veteran's morphea had its initial onset during service or is otherwise etiologically related to service due to insufficient medical opinions and missing private treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic skin disorder, morphea
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2022
- Citation
- 22000623
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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 Veteran's claim for a higher rating for his service-connected chronic skin disorder is denied as there was no increase in severity within the one-year period prior to his June 21, 2018, claim.
- Granted
The Veteran's diagnosed skin disorder, localized scleroderma or morphea, is considered to have been incurred during service due to exposure at Camp Lejeune. The Board found a balance of evidence in favor of the claim.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for morphea, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between his current condition and his active duty service. The Board noted that the Veteran had an allergic reaction to the anthrax vaccine during service but did not have any visible skin reactions or symptoms related to the vaccine at separation. The Board also found that morphea is not an enumerated disease for presumptive service connection.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for a chronic skin disorder, an initial schedular compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, and an initial schedular rating in excess of 30 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder were all denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support these claims.
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