The Board has granted service connection for psoriasis and reopened the claim for service connection of psoriatic arthritis. The veteran's current symptoms are believed to be related to his service-connected psoriasis.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that it is at least as likely as not that the veteran's psoriatic arthritis began in service or during the initial post-service year, and is proximately due to or causally related to his service-connected psoriasis.
- Claimed conditions
- psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0609815
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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new examination to more accurately assess the severity of the Veteran's psoriasis, as the previous assessment did not consider all areas affected and recent photographs.
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