The Board has granted service connection for recurrent sebaceous cysts. The issue of service connection for pyoderma gangrenosum and hidradenitis is remanded.
The deciding factor: The October 2022 VA examination was found to be inadequate due to its reliance on the Veteran's history of not having been treated for sebaceous cysts, which contradicts the evidence in the record. The examiner did not address the potential relationship between a psychiatric disability and any of the Veteran's claimed dermatological conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent sebaceous cysts, pyoderma gangrenosum, hidradenitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2023
- Citation
- 23021814
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the service connection for pyoderma gangrenosum should be remanded due to an inadequate VA medical opinion. The claim will be reconsidered with a new examination and opinion.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for ulcerative colitis and pyoderma gangrenosum as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's military service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matters for additional development, including obtaining any outstanding private or VA treatment records and readjudicating the claims based on all evidence of record.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the direct appeal for an earlier effective date and the motion for revision, on the basis of clear and unmistakable error, related to the award of service connection for hidradenitis.
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