The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for a skin disability of the left hand, to include as due to in-service herbicide exposure. The case will be returned to the AOJ for further development and consideration.
The deciding factor: The case was previously denied but is now being remanded due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disability of the left hand
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 11, 2023
- Citation
- 23044800
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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 remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for left arm disability, skin disability of the left hand, and prostate disability due to VA not having obtained all relevant treatment records and failing to comply with prior remand orders.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea. The Veteran's claims of entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for PTSD, service connection for depression, a compensable initial rating for bilateral eye disability (photophobia), service connection for a skin disability of the left hand, and service connection for a right foot disability are remanded.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's skin disorders of the left hand and both feet did not have their onset in service or are otherwise related to his military service, thus denying his claim for service connection.
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