The Veteran's initial claim for service connection for a chronic skin rash was denied in February 2011. New and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim, but service connection remains denied. The Veteran's tinnitus is currently rated at the maximum schedular rating of 10 percent. His hearing loss is remanded for further evaluation.
The deciding factor: The new evidence does not provide a clear link between the skin rash in service and the current disability.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic skin rash
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 13, 2015
- Citation
- 1506883
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