The Board remands the claims for a compensable initial evaluation rating for lipoma of the right temporal region and service connection for scar, left upper back due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.
The deciding factor: The August 2024 VA examination is inadequate as it did not address all relevant criteria for evaluating skin neoplasms and scars, and there are conflicting reports regarding the existence of a current disability of a scar on the left upper back. The RO's failure to obtain an adequate examination constitutes a predecisional error.
- Claimed conditions
- lipoma of the right temporal region, scar, left upper back
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25101948
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