The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection due to lack of new and material evidence, as well as his current diagnoses not being linked to a verified in-service stressor or exposure to Agent Orange.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim for PTSD. The veteran's current skin and respiratory conditions were not found to be related to service or any known exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic-stress-disorder, dyshydrotic eczema, dermatophytosis, chronic obstructive-pulmonary-disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2001
- Citation
- 0118553
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