The Board has remanded several claims due to the receipt of new and relevant evidence, including VA and private treatment records. The Veteran's service connection for hidradenitis and hemorrhoid disability is being reconsidered.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was received that may support reopening previously denied claims.
- Claimed conditions
- hidradenitis, hemorrhoid disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2024
- Citation
- 24018156
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's hemorrhoid disability, finding that it began during her active duty and continues to persist since then.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matters for additional development, including obtaining any outstanding private or VA treatment records and readjudicating the claims based on all evidence of record.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the direct appeal for an earlier effective date and the motion for revision, on the basis of clear and unmistakable error, related to the award of service connection for hidradenitis.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a right knee disability and bilateral onychomycosis, as secondary to bilateral tinea pedis, while denying or remanding the other issues.
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