The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for a skin disease, cranial disability, and respiratory disease.,Service connection is granted for these conditions.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that relates to unestablished facts necessary to substantiate the claims for service connection for a skin disease, cranial disability, and respiratory disease.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disease, cranial disability, respiratory disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2012
- Citation
- 1214028
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
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).
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