The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for a right leg condition and finds that it was incurred in service. The veteran currently has a scar on his right calf which is a residual of a skin lesion excised from the right calf during service. Service connection is granted for this condition. Regarding the left leg condition, the Board found no evidence to support an increase in rating beyond noncompensable.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claim for a right leg condition, finding that the veteran's statements regarding his surgery were more credible than the service medical records. The Board also concluded that the scar on the right calf was a residual of the excision of a skin lesion in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Leg Condition, Left Leg Condition (Sebaceous Cyst)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 30, 2001
- Citation
- 0119602
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for psychiatric, lower back, CAD, hypertension, right leg, and left leg conditions due to lack of evidence of a current disability or a link between the claimed conditions and service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to inadequate medical opinions in previous VA examinations. The Veteran's right shoulder, left leg, and right leg conditions are being reviewed again with new VA medical opinions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for a right great toe condition and a right leg condition, finding no evidence of current disabilities or in-service incurrences.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination due to new evidence indicating increased severity of the Veteran's psychiatric condition, as well as potential issues with service connection for back disability, left leg condition, and right leg condition.
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