The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for contact dermatitis of the feet and perennial allergic rhinitis, finding no new and material evidence to reopen the claim for contact dermatitis. The claim for perennial allergic rhinitis was remanded due to a lack of medical records.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for chronic dermatitis of the feet.
- Claimed conditions
- contact dermatitis of the feet, perennial allergic rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2008
- Citation
- 0807725
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