The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for PTSD and determined that it is well grounded. The claim of service connection for parotid tumor and subcutaneous nodules below the ear lobes, secondary to exposure to herbicide agents in Vietnam, remains not well grounded as there is no evidence linking these conditions to service or to herbicide exposure. The claims seeking compensable evaluations for bilateral hearing loss, bilateral otitis externa, and tinea pedis are addressed in the Remand portion of this decision.
The deciding factor: The claim of service connection for parotid tumor and subcutaneous nodules below the ear lobes is not well grounded as there is no evidence linking these conditions to service or to herbicide exposure. The other claims have been reopened and are pending further review.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Parotid tumor and subcutaneous nodules below the ear lobes
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2000
- Citation
- 0011459
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