The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain an adequate VA medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's claimed facial acne disability, specifically whether it is proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected PTSD and/or diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The examiner's opinions are inadequate as they do not address the potential aggravation of the facial acne by the service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- facial acne
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2023
- Citation
- 23007740
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error regarding the Veteran's use of retinoids and statements about facial acne scarring. The matter is being returned to the RO for correction.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for higher ratings and service connection are being remanded due to the complexity of the issues.,The Veteran is seeking increased ratings for various disabilities, including bilateral plantar fasciitis, a surgical scar, cervical spine disability, left upper extremity radiculopathy, left hip disability, right knee disability, psychiatric disability, right ankle and left ankle disabilities, gastrointestinal disability, vocal cord dysfunction, sinusitis, tinea, and facial acne.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to follow and secure substantially gainful employment, thus a total disability rating for individual unemployability is granted.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial 50 percent rating for right carpal tunnel disability and a 10 percent rating for facial acne, while remanding the claims for increased ratings for left and right shin splints.
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