The Veteran's skin rash on upper body and heart attack have been reopened due to new evidence. The current diagnoses support these claims.,PTSD has also been reopened, with the Veteran having ongoing psychiatric treatment records.
The deciding factor: New evidence supports the reopening of the claims for service connection based on current diagnoses.
- Claimed conditions
- Skin Rash on Upper Body, Heart Attack
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2016
- Citation
- 1632956
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