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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2023
- Citation
- 23057046
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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: Dismissed
The Board dismissed all appeals related to service connection, increased ratings, and effective dates for various conditions due to procedural defects.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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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