The Board denied the Veteran's petition to reopen his claim of service connection for a skin disorder of the lower extremities, finding that the new evidence submitted was not material and did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
The deciding factor: The newly submitted evidence was found to be duplicative or redundant of previous claims and did not establish a nexus between the Veteran's current skin disorder and service.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disorder of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2011
- Citation
- 1112022
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, service connection for glaucoma, and service connection for a skin disorder of the lower extremities. The claim for service connection for hypertension as secondary to diabetes mellitus disability was granted.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including skin disorders, high cholesterol, benign prostatic hypertrophy, gout, neurobehavioral effects, sickle cell anemia, stomach ulcers, and prostate cancer. The decision is based on the presumption of exposure to herbicides in Vietnam.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin disorder of the lower extremities, including as due to herbicide exposure and secondary to his service-connected anxiety disorder, is being remanded for additional development.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin disorder of the lower extremities, including dermatitis and residuals of burns to the legs, is being remanded due to incomplete evidence. The VA will review the case after receiving additional information from the Veteran.
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