The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes, erectile dysfunction, and a skin disorder. The claim for residuals of dental trauma was not reopened due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim for residuals of dental trauma.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of dental trauma, diabetes, erectile dysfunction, skin disorder (including skin cancer, chloracne, porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), rash, and/or infected hair follicles with staphylococci infection), male pattern baldness, lung disorder, lumbar spine disorder, cervical spine disorder, bilateral shoulder disorder, left hip disorder, acute peripheral neuropathy and left leg numbness, headaches, hemorrhoids, acquired psychiatric disorder, bilateral foot disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2012
- Citation
- 1200677
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- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction was denied as the evidence did not show that he had been diagnosed and manifested to at least a 10 percent disability rating on or prior to May 8, 2001.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development regarding the Veteran's service connection claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development of records and will provide a supplemental statement of the case if necessary.
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