The Veteran's hypertension was denied in April 2006, but new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim. Service connection for diabetes with a 20% disability rating is granted effective August 22, 2014.,Service connection for onychomycosis remains denied as there is no more than topical therapy required over the past year.
The deciding factor: The new evidence received since April 2006 relates to unestablished facts necessary to substantiate the claim of entitlement to service connection for hypertension, specifically that it may be due to herbicide exposure or secondary to diabetes and PTSD. The Veteran's hypertension was not previously considered in a final decision.,Service connection for onychomycosis is denied as there is no more than topical therapy required over the past year.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertension, diabetes mellitus, onychomycosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20001929
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