The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for chronic urticaria for the period prior to August 4, 2014, due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: The July 2023 VA examination is inadequate for rating purposes and did not address whether the Veteran's medications used prior to August 4, 2014, constituted systemic therapy like or similar to corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive drugs.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic urticaria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2025
- Citation
- A25098262
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Decisions by this judge: 709 · Granted: 38% (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.
- Granted
The Veteran's skin disability, including chronic urticaria, is granted as of July 28, 2020. The Board finds the evidence at least evenly balanced in favor of the Veteran and grants service connection for her skin disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's skin conditions and headaches are being remanded for further evaluation due to incomplete medical opinions regarding the relationship between his current symptoms and service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error, specifically failing to provide a VA examination regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected chronic urticaria caused or aggravated his sleep apnea. The AOJ is required to obtain an addendum opinion addressing these issues.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew all claims on appeal, and the Board dismissed the appeal.
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