The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for skin disability of the feet, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.
The deciding factor: The Board concluded that the newly submitted evidence was not significant enough to warrant reopening the claim as it did not provide a basis to establish service connection for the claimed condition.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disability of the feet
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2000
- Citation
- 0001042
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's skin disability of the feet was not incurred in service, has not been chronic and continuous since service separation, did not manifest to a compensable degree within a year of service separation, and is not the result of an in-service disease, injury, or other incident of service. The Board denied service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for a skin disability, to include as secondary to service-connected plantar fasciitis. The Veteran's claim is being returned for additional development.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of a cold injury, including a skin disability of the feet, finding that there is no evidence linking the current condition to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's back, right knee, plantar fasciitis, skin disability of the feet, OSA, headache, bilateral eye, and allergies disabilities are remanded for further examination and determination.
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