The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations and records.
The deciding factor: The claims require further evaluation of the Veteran's skin conditions, including a comprehensive VA examination with color photographs.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent skin disability other than PFB, recurrent sinus disability, recurrent gastrointestinal disability (including stomach disability)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2024
- Citation
- A24085836
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a pre-decisional error in not scheduling a VA examination for sinusitis. The Veteran is seeking service connection for recurrent sinus disability, which may be related to his service-connected deviated nasal septum.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for left knee strain and remanded claims for a recurrent sleep disability, to include obstructive sleep apnea; a recurrent sinus disability, claimed as due to exposure to Gulf War environmental hazards including burn pits; and a recurrent respiratory disability, claimed as due to exposure to Gulf War environmental hazards including burn pits.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a recurrent sinus disability including sinusitis as there was no evidence of such condition during active service or at any time thereafter.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the relationship between his claimed disabilities and active service, including any in-service injuries or exposure. The Veteran is requested to provide information on all healthcare providers who have treated him for these conditions.
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