Your appeal for service connection for stomach rash, also claimed as nummular dermatitis due to Agent Orange exposure is dismissed because you opted into the Appeals Modernization Act (AMA) system.
The deciding factor: The Veteran submitted a VA Form 10182 opting into the AMA system after receiving an SSOC in October 2020, which vacated the Board's January 2021 decision and remanded the matter for readjudication.
- Claimed conditions
- stomach rash, nummular dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 24, 2022
- Citation
- 22048272
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic fungal infections of the skin and punctate palmoplantar keratoderma, but denied service connection for scleroderma and nummular dermatitis.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for major depressive disorder (MDD) as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected colon cancer. The claims for asbestosis, headaches, right foot pain, right hand pain, and stomach rash were remanded for further development.
- Granted
The Board has waived the 60-day timeliness requirement for filing a substantive appeal and accepted the March 2020 VA Form 9 as timely. The issues of entitlement to an increased rating, service connection, and TDIU are all granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for dermatitis and eczema due to insufficient examination addressing all diagnosed skin conditions.
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