The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin rash, finding that it is at least as likely as not related to his military service. The appeal was reopened due to new and material evidence submitted within one year of the December 2015 rating decision.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by the Veteran’s treating VA physician established a link between the current skin condition and service, meeting the nexus requirement for direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- skin rash
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20002404
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left ankle disabilities, a skin rash, and denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss, shortness of breath, PTSD, OSA, cervical spine disability, lumbar spine disability, knee disabilities, CPS, and earlier effective dates.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors, including inadequate VA examinations and failure to obtain etiological opinions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for skin rash due to an inadequate addendum opinion.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for skin rash, hand/knuckles disability, shoulder strain, and pes planus. The claims for gastro issues, right knee strain, knee arthritis, back problems as secondary to knee, and ankle condition were remanded for further development.
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