The Board has determined that the appellant's skin disease of the feet is related to service and grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion provided a link between the appellant's current skin disease of the feet and his in-service treatment, including exposure to the rain and jungle environment during service in Panama.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disease of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2004
- Citation
- 0412937
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Decisions by this judge: 2,642 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The veteran's claims for increased evaluation for bilateral hearing loss, service connection for PTSD, and reopening of a claim for skin disease of the feet were denied. The RO assigned a 20% disability rating for the veteran's bilateral hearing loss as of June 10, 1999.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including scheduling VA examinations and considering new evidence.
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