The Board has remanded the claims for inguinal hernia with surgery, acne with itchy skin and rashes, hair loss with changes, jaw and tooth pain, psychiatric disability (claimed as stress and bizarre recurring dreams), regular illness with abdominal fat, and twitching due to an error in submitting a modernized review system form instead of a legacy appeal form.
The deciding factor: The Veteran submitted the wrong form for his appeal, which was not caught or corrected earlier. The Board has accepted this submission as a timely Notice of Disagreement (NOD) under the legacy appeals system and is now remanding the claims to issue an SOC.
- Claimed conditions
- inguinal hernia with surgery, acne with itchy skin and rashes, hair loss with changes, jaw and tooth pain, psychiatric disability (claimed as stress and bizarre recurring dreams), regular illness with abdominal fat, twitching
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2023
- Citation
- 23006018
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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