The veteran's claim for service connection for a skin disorder was reopened and granted, while the claims for a neck tumor and an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for PTSD were remanded.
The deciding factor: A current skin disorder is related to service. A neck tumor is not shown by competent medical evidence to be related to service or herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Skin disorder, Neck tumor
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- April 11, 2008
- Citation
- 0812042
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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