The Board remands the matter to obtain an addendum opinion on the etiology of the Veteran's pruritus of the feet.
The deciding factor: The VA examination did not provide the requested etiological opinion, so a remand is necessary for further development.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disability of the bilateral feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2025
- Citation
- 25002596
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 845 · Granted: 39% (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.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for skin disability of the bilateral feet, right leg pain and numbness, right hand pain due to frostbite, and PTSD. The claims for a right shoulder disability, OSA, and respiratory disability were remanded for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a skin disability of the bilateral feet, finding that there is no evidence to support a link between the current condition and active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The petition to reopen the previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for a skin disability of the bilateral feet is granted. Entitlement to service connection for right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is granted. The claims for service connection for a skin disability of the bilateral feet, an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, and TDIU are remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for right shoulder disability, respiratory disability, and skin disability of the bilateral feet as there was no evidence to support a nexus between these conditions and active service.
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