The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for lichen planus and declined to assign a rating in excess of 10 percent for right and left foot calluses. The case is remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was received to reopen the claim for lichen planus, and the veteran's current skin condition does not meet the criteria for service connection based on exposure or other theories of entitlement.
- Claimed conditions
- lichen planus, calluses
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2007
- Citation
- 0718097
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The Board denied the veteran's appeal for timely filing of an appeal request, dismissing the attempted appeal.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for an earlier effective date and a higher initial rating for bipolar disorder, as well as the claim for a higher rating for lichen planus, due to the fact that these issues were not properly before the Board.
- Partly granted
The Board denied a compensable initial disability rating for hypertension and remanded the service connection claim for lichen planus.
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