The Board remands the claim for service connection for a skin disorder, to include precancerous growths on the face, neck, and shoulders, to obtain additional private treatment records.
The deciding factor: A remand is necessary to associate private treatment records with the record due to incomplete medical documentation.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disorder to include precancerous growths on the face, neck, and shoulders
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2022
- Citation
- 22001070
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
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