The claims for service connection for an underarm rash, a neck rash, and a facial rash are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The October 2024 VA opinions failed to sufficiently comply with the Board's August 2024 remand instructions.
- Claimed conditions
- underarm rash, neck rash, facial rash
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2025
- Citation
- 25003531
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Decisions by this judge: 2,329 · Granted: 31% (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 granted service connection for a toenail disability and a neck rash, but denied service connection for memory loss, lack of concentration, left knee, and right knee disabilities. The Board also granted an effective date of June 11, 2008, for the 30 percent rating assigned for left heel spur.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for neck rash, also claimed as pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB) fascial scarring, due to a lack of evidence linking the condition to active military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found the previous VA examinations inadequate and ordered a new in-person examination at the Fresno VA Medical Center. The remand requires an examination to determine if the Veteran's facial rash and fatigue are related to his service, including his service in Southwest Asia.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that substantial compliance with the August 2021 remand directives has not been achieved, and therefore, the claims for service connection are being remanded for further development.
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