The Board has remanded the cases for further development and readjudication due to new evidence being added to the record since the September 2019 Supplemental Statement of the Case.
The deciding factor: New medical records have been submitted by the Veteran, which require review and consideration in order to make a determination on his claims.
- Claimed conditions
- pseudofolliculitis barbae with residual scarring
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 22, 2023
- Citation
- 23052659
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial compensable rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae with residual scarring, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating.
- Granted
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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