The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability, diabetes mellitus, hepatitis, and skin cancer due to lack of new and material evidence. The previous decisions denying these claims are final.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence does not provide sufficient new and material information to substantiate the claims of service connection for these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- low_back_pain, rash
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 29, 2010
- Citation
- 1011661
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for hypertension and heart condition as they were not final decisions, and denied an initial compensable rating for rash and a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for migraines was granted, effective July 1, 2022. The claims for service connection for various conditions were either denied or remanded.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of the claims for diabetes, erectile dysfunction, rash, ruptured right ear drum, lower back disc injury, and left knee osteoarthritis based on new and relevant evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for further development and readjudication, specifically to obtain a medical addendum opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's skin rash in relation to his in-service toxic exposure risk activities.
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