The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for skin disorders of the hands and feet, as new and material evidence has been received. The case is remanded to schedule a VA examination to determine the current nature and severity of his service-connected bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was received to reopen the previously denied claims for service connection for skin disorders of the hands and feet.
- Claimed conditions
- Skin Disorder of the Hands, Skin Disorder of the Feet
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2017
- Citation
- 1751841
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