The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for psoriatic arthritis and a skin disease, including eczema and dermatitis, as secondary to his service-connected bilateral athlete's foot with onychomycosis. The decision is remanded due to insufficient evidence regarding the etiology of these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found no current disability of psoriatic arthritis and insufficient evidence linking the Veteran's skin diseases (eczema and dermatitis) to his service-connected bilateral athlete's foot with onychomycosis. The decision is remanded for further examination and opinion regarding the etiology of these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- psoriatic arthritis, eczema, dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2022
- Citation
- A22020872
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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 for service connection for a left wrist condition was dismissed due to concurrent election of higher-level review. The claims for an initial compensable rating for bilateral pes planus, and for service connection for hearing loss, neck strain, and dermatitis were denied.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for psoriatic arthritis and drug-induced hepatitis liver disease, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection, higher ratings, and earlier effective dates, as well as dismissed his claim for a TDIU.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for eczema, finding that the evidence is at least in approximate balance as to whether the Veteran's eczema is related to herbicide agent exposure in service.
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