The Board granted the petitions to reopen claims for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, a skin condition as a residual of smallpox or treatment for smallpox, and scars as residuals of smallpox but denied service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence received since the final disallowance of the claims was new, not cumulative, related to unestablished facts necessary to substantiate the claims, and raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating them. However, there is no medical evidence linking any of the claimed conditions to service or establishing that they are residuals of smallpox.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder, skin condition as a residual of smallpox or treatment for smallpox, scars as residuals of smallpox
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 19, 2009
- Citation
- 0906190
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 251 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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