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
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's TDIU claim is remanded due to a failure to obtain his private pain management treatment records, which may contain relevant information about the impact of his service-connected and non-service-connected disabilities on his ability to work.
- Dismissed
Your appeal for service connection of bilateral knee, shoulder, and foot disabilities has been dismissed as the appellant requested withdrawal of the appeal.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee disability, lumbar spine disability, bilateral shoulder disability, and skin disability due to a lack of evidence showing an in-service injury or disease that led to these conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran is granted a TDIU from March 5, 2018. The Board has also remanded the case for an extraschedular TDIU determination prior to March 5, 2018.
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