The Veteran's claim for hepatitis C has been reopened and is being reviewed on the merits.,The skin disorder claim related to Agent Orange exposure remains pending, as new evidence was submitted but does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim.,The psychiatric disorder claim is being addressed in a separate remand.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been received for hepatitis C, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim. The skin disorder claim related to Agent Orange exposure does not meet the criteria for reopening as new evidence did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim.,The psychiatric disorder claim is being addressed in a separate remand.
- Claimed conditions
- Hepatitis C, Skin Disorder (unspecified), Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (including depression, anxiety, paranoid schizophrenia, posttraumatic stress disorder)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2011
- Citation
- 1147320
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