The Board remands the claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for acne keloidalis nuchae to schedule an examination to assess scarring and determine if a higher rating is warranted.
The deciding factor: The Board cannot render a decision without an adequate medical opinion on the Veteran's scarring due to his condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Acne keloidalis nuchae, Alopecia areata
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25019318
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 878 · Granted: 46% (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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection for alopecia areata is dismissed. The Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and bilateral dry eye syndrome with vision impairment scars are remanded due to a duty to assist error.
- Granted
The Board has restored the Veteran's 30 percent rating for service-connected acne keloidalis nuchae (ACN) from April 1, 2025.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for headache disorder, plantar fasciitis, left and right knee disabilities, and left and right shoulder disabilities. It also granted an initial 70 percent rating for GAD from December 30, 2019.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD and depression; alopecia areata; and a left knee disability due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
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