The Board has granted the Veteran's requests to reopen his claims for service connection for skin rash, cold injury residuals, and an acquired psychiatric disorder. The cases are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since previous decisions raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- skin rash, throat problems, congestion, nasal problems, acquired psychiatric disorder (including personality disorder, depressive disorder, and anxiety), cold injury residuals (feet numbness/tingling)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19184119
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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.
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