The Board denied the Veteran's claims for specially adapted housing and special home adaptation grant, as well as his service connection claims for scabies, superimposed on fungal infection, dyshidrotic eczema, and hypertension. The decision also found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for hypertension.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or special home adaptation grant due to his service-connected conditions. His claims for service connection were denied as there was no evidence of a relationship between his current skin disorders and active service, nor did new and material evidence support reopening the claim for hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- Scabies, superimposed on fungal infection, Dyshidrotic eczema, Hypertension (denied)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1032299
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