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
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2025
- Citation
- 25003531
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,329 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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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