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.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical opinions were provided without addressing all relevant evidence, including the Veteran's MOS-related exposures and documented symptoms during service.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent folliculitis, chronic urticaria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2026
- Citation
- A26016341
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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 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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings or service connection for any of the conditions appealed.
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