Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claim for spongiotic dermatitis due to a duty to assist error, requiring VA to request complete private treatment records from Park Avenue Dermatology and Bernhardt Laboratories.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct a duty to assist error by ensuring all potentially relevant evidence is obtained.
- Claimed conditions
- spongiotic dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25018480
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