The Veteran's application to reopen a claim of service connection for a skin condition, including as secondary to in-service herbicide exposure, is granted. The Board also remanded the issues of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss, right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, and right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy.
The deciding factor: The Veteran submitted new evidence suggesting his skin condition may be related to Agent Orange exposure. The Board found this evidence material and granted the petition to reopen the claim of service connection for a skin condition.
- Claimed conditions
- skin rash, porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), psoriasis, eczema, scleroderma
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19106402
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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