The Board denied the reopening of a claim for service connection for chronic lesions, finding that new and material evidence was not submitted.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim and failed to provide any new evidence showing that the Veteran's skin lesions were incurred in service or should be afforded an additional rating from that awarded for hydradenitis suppurativa.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic lesions, hydradenitis suppurativa
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19108454
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