The Board remands the claim for a hair loss disorder to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including obtaining new medical opinions.
The deciding factor: Remand is required due to inadequate VA medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's hair loss disorder and to address the theory of entitlement based on service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- hair loss disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25045964
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Decisions by this judge: 2,272 · 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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the current evidence is insufficient to decide the claims for service connection for various conditions, and therefore, remands are issued for additional development.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, nasal disorder, liver disorder, cyst of the left ovary, and hair loss disorder as secondary to her service-connected lupus/rheumatoid arthritis.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a hair loss disorder, finding that alopecia areata is not related to service or exposure to mustard gas. The preponderance of evidence did not support the claim.
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