The Veteran's claim for an initial compensable rating for tinea pedis was denied, but the Board finds new and material evidence has been received to reopen his claims of service connection for genital warts or residuals thereof and a low back disability.,Regarding the low back disability, the RO initially denied it in April 1995 due to lack of current disability. The Veteran's claim was reopened in April 2007.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the last final denial relates to the basis of the prior denials and raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Tinea pedis, Genital warts or residuals thereof
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2013
- Citation
- 1325794
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