The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of entitlement to compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for a skin disorder, and the Veteran is entitled to compensation as his skin disorder was caused by VA medical treatment.
The deciding factor: The December 2009 VHA opinion concluded that the Veteran's skin condition was not reasonably foreseeable given the incidence of rashes with Levaquin, which was less than 1% in the Physicians' Desk Reference.
- Claimed conditions
- Skin Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2010
- Citation
- 1008980
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