The Board has reopened the veteran's previously denied claim for service connection for a skin disability claimed as due to herbicide exposure. The veteran is now entitled to have his claims of service connection for peripheral neuropathy, muscle weakness, and soft tissue sarcoma reviewed.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted since the previous denial supports reopening the claim for a skin disability, but does not address the merits of the other service connection claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy, Muscle weakness, Soft tissue sarcoma
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 18, 2001
- Citation
- 0116466
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- Remanded (sent back)
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