The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. The veteran's current skin condition is not related to service or any service-connected disability. Hemorrhoids are currently rated at 10 percent disabling. The veteran's bronchial asthma, status post right lobectomy, remains at a 30 percent rating.
The deciding factor: The Board found new and material evidence sufficient to reopen the claim of service connection for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, which was previously denied in April 1993. The veteran's current skin condition is not attributable to service or any service-connected disability. Hemorrhoids are currently rated at 10 percent disabling.
- Claimed conditions
- paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, skin rash
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- March 8, 2004
- Citation
- 0406034
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including inadequate VA examinations and failure to obtain etiological opinions.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple conditions, including a bilateral eye disability and cardiovascular conditions, based on the Veteran's in-service occupational exposures.
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