The Board has not reopened the claims for chronic back, skin and foot disabilities due to lack of new and material evidence. The claim for residuals of food poisoning is still pending.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was not submitted to reopen any of the service connection claims.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic back, skin, foot
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0000509
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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