The Board has remanded the issues for additional development due to conflicting medical opinions and incomplete records. Service connection is not established for myositis, dermatomyositis, or right hip disability.
The deciding factor: There are inconsistent and incomplete nexus opinions regarding service connection for myositis, including skin and right hip muscular disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Myositis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2023
- Citation
- 23057046
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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.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed all appeals related to service connection, increased ratings, and effective dates for various conditions due to procedural defects.
- Granted
The Veteran's increased rating claim for myositis is granted, with a 20% evaluation effective prior to April 26, 2022. The service connection claim for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine remains denied. A TDIU based on service-connected disabilities is granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for Bell's palsy, GERD, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and myositis due to additional development being required.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation from December 21, 2011. The Board finds that referral for extraschedular consideration is warranted due to the lack of one disability rated at 40 percent or more and a combined rating of 70 percent or more during this period.
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