The Board has remanded the case due to a need for an addendum VA opinion regarding whether the Veteran's skin condition was aggravated by his service-connected PTSD.
The deciding factor: The examiner needs to determine if it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's skin condition was aggravated by his service-connected PTSD and provide a rationale for their conclusion.
- Claimed conditions
- skin conditions
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 22, 2022
- Citation
- 22054077
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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 Veteran's claims of service connection for various conditions, including skin conditions, recurrent headaches, dizziness and vertigo, bilateral lower extremity neuropathy, fatigue syndrome, gastrointestinal disorder, and erectile dysfunction have been dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeals. The claim for a rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD prior to March 26, 2019 was also dismissed.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for skin conditions, finding that there was no evidence to support a nexus between his current condition and his military service. The Board also found that the Veteran did not meet the criteria for presumptive service connection due to exposure to burn pits in Southwest Asia.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin condition, finding that there is no evidence of a current disability related to his in-service exposure to herbicide agents.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for further assessment of his radiation exposure and medical opinions regarding the etiology of his skin conditions and burning mouth syndrome.
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