The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the Veteran's claims of service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder, immune disorder, sinus disorder, and post-operative benign neck mass residuals including scars. The Veteran's claim for a compensable disability evaluation for acne vulgaris of the face, the neck, and shoulders and right forearm nummular eczema remains pending.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating any of the reopened claims.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic stress disorder, immune disorder, sinus disorder, post-operative benign neck mass residuals including scars, acne vulgaris of the face, the neck, and the shoulders and right forearm nummular eczema
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2009
- Citation
- 0915518
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