The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's service connection claim for a skin disability due to insufficient development and consideration of all relevant medical opinions. The issue of service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, was resolved by granting it based on an apparent concession of herbicide agent exposure.
The deciding factor: Further development is necessary to consider all relevant medical opinions regarding the Veteran's skin disability claim.
- Claimed conditions
- prurigo nodularis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2025
- Citation
- 25001052
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,863 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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 Veteran's skin condition, diagnosed as eczema and prurigo nodularis, hypertension, and hiatal hernia with GERD are now granted. The Board found the evidence to be in equipoise regarding whether these conditions are related to service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for prurigo nodularis, finding that the condition is at least as likely as not etiologically related to treatment received for a service-connected right foot disability.
- Partly granted
The appeal for service connection for a right eye disability and sleep disturbance disability was dismissed, while the appeal for a left wrist strain was denied. The 20 percent rating for a left knee disability was restored, but an increased rating was denied. No compensable ratings were granted for allergic rhinitis or prurigo nodularis.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for prurigo nodularis, resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.
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