The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for respiratory problems, thoracolumbar myositis and disc bulge, a skin rash, and an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood. The decision is mixed as some issues have been granted while others remain pending.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been received in support of the Veteran's claims for service connection for respiratory problems, thoracolumbar myositis and disc bulge, a skin rash, and an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood. As such, these claims are reopened but their merits remain pending.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory problems, thoracolumbar myositis and disc bulge, skin rash, adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2016
- Citation
- 1601536
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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