The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for excessive weight gain due to skunk spray contamination, an initial compensable rating for adjustment disorder with anxiety, and a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for excessive weight gain due to skunk spray contamination.
- Claimed conditions
- excessive weight gain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2007
- Citation
- 0737210
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeals for service connection and increased ratings have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the claims for service connection are inextricably intertwined with the issue of service connection for a thyroid disability resulting in excessive weight gain, which is being remanded. The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea claim cannot be decided without resolving this issue.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded all issues related to the Veteran's service connection claims for additional development. The dismissal of the claim for service connection for unspecified depressive disorder (also claimed as posttraumatic stress disorder) is due to a full grant of benefits in March 2018.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim of service connection for excessive weight gain has been reopened. Service connection is granted for chronic headaches, but denied for spine condition, swelling of joints, acquired psychiatric disorder, stomach problems, and bowel problems.
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