The Board has found that the claim for service connection of a soft tissue lipoma of the right lateral chest must be remanded due to lack of substantial compliance with the May 2023 remand order. The Veteran's claim will need additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and scheduling an additional VA examination.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the previous remand did not substantially comply with its orders as it did not request a specific opinion regarding whether the soft tissue lipoma is an undiagnosed illness or a diagnosed medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness (MUCMI).
- Claimed conditions
- soft tissue lipoma of the right lateral chest
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2024
- Citation
- 24011437
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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 service connection for a soft tissue lipoma of the right lateral chest, finding that there is no evidence to support a causal relationship between the condition and service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a soft tissue lipoma of the right lateral chest is being remanded due to an incomplete examination and need for additional medical opinions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that further development is needed to properly adjudicate the issues on appeal, including obtaining additional medical records and scheduling a VA examination.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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