The Board has determined that the veteran's skin condition of the left foot had its onset during service and is therefore granted service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in relative equipoise as to whether the veteran's current skin disorder of the left foot had its onset during service, raising the benefit of the doubt doctrine in favor of the veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- skin condition of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2002
- Citation
- 0202128
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for skin conditions of both feet due to conflicting medical opinions and need for further examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims of service connection for skin conditions of his feet, bilateral hearing loss disability, and left knee disability due to lack of current VA treatment records and need for additional examinations.
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