The Board found that the Veteran did not have a current chloracne disability and denied reopening of his claim. For the head injury (postconcussion syndrome) claim, new evidence was submitted but it does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
The deciding factor: New evidence related to skin conditions, including poison ivy, does not relate to chloracne or postconcussion syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- chloracne, dry skin, eczematous type rash, rash (drug reaction), poison ivy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 24, 2012
- Citation
- 1229175
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