The Board has decided to remand the case due to deficiencies in the December 2020 VA examiner's opinion regarding the Veteran's service connection claim for right leg varicose veins, venous insufficiency, and scarring.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on a failure to consider whether the Veteran had right leg varicose veins with venous insufficiency and scarring at any time during the pendency of the claim or recent to the filing of the claim, as well as the functional impairment caused by the reported symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg varicose veins, venous insufficiency, scarring
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2024
- Citation
- A24049104
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), including scarring, is remanded due to incomplete examination reports.
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