The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection were denied. The issues of new and material evidence to reopen certain claims related to herbicide exposure are also addressed.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the submitted evidence did not meet the criteria for reopening the previously denied claims due to lack of substantial or cumulative evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- tinea versicolor, tinea pedis, arthritis throughout the body, pinched nerve or arthritis of the neck, residuals of a left wrist and hand condition, coughing and respiratory disease secondary to exposure to herbicides, skin disease of the penis secondary to exposure to herbicides, skin disease of the right side of the back secondary to exposure to herbicides
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2010
- Citation
- 1006869
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