The Board has denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for eczematous dermatitis, to include as secondary to herbicide exposure. The evidence received since the January 1986 decisional letter does not relate to a new or material fact necessary to substantiate the claim.
The deciding factor: The additional evidence submitted by the Veteran is cumulative and redundant of previous records, thus failing to create a reasonable possibility that service connection may be established.
- Claimed conditions
- eczematous dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2009
- Citation
- 0919879
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