The Board has granted service connection for diminished sense of smell, numbness and tingling of hands and feet, and testicular cancer with residual scars. The effective date is not specified as the appeal was based on new evidence.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established due to the reopening of claims based on new evidence provided by the appellant.
- Claimed conditions
- diminished sense of smell, numbness and tingling of hands and feet, testicular cancer with residual scars
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 22, 2015
- Citation
- 1545209
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What this means for you
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