The Board remands the claim for a supplemental decision or remand to address an omitted issue regarding the Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for chronic eczema.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error and clarify whether the Veteran's Kenalog steroid injections constitute systemic therapy and if so, their duration over the past 12 months.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic eczema
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2025
- Citation
- 25002759
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,990 · Granted: 35% (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 service-connected chronic eczema has rendered him unable to maintain substantially gainful employment due to its severity and impact on his hands, which bleed and crack. The Board granted a TDIU rating based on the evidence showing he is unemployable due to this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for chronic eczema and reactive airway disease, as well as her TDIU claim, are being remanded due to the need for additional examinations and development of records. The VA will obtain any outstanding SSA records, private treatment records, and VA treatment records. They will also schedule the Veteran for a VA examination to assess the severity of her chronic eczema and reactive airway disease, as well as an addendum opinion regarding the combined effect of her service-connected disabilities on her employability.
- Granted
The Veteran's skin disorders, diagnosed as chronic eczema and dermatitis, had their onset in service and the Board grants service connection for these conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal involves the propriety of a reduction in his skin condition rating from 30 percent to 10 percent, effective November 1, 2011. The issues are also related to whether severance of service connection for chronic eczema, scarring alopecia, and intermittent urticaria was proper.
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