The Board denied service connection for contact dermatitis, skin cancer with related scars, GERD, PUD, DVT, and kidney disease due to lack of new and material evidence.,Service connection was remanded for hypertension.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not provide new and material evidence to reopen his claims for contact dermatitis, skin cancer with related scars, GERD, PUD, DVT, or kidney disease. The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence is against these claims.,For hypertension, a VA medical opinion was needed due to presumed exposure to herbicides in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- contact dermatitis, skin cancer with related scars, including abscesses, sores, and boils, GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), peptic ulcer disease (PUD), deep vein thrombosis (DVT), kidney disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2020
- Citation
- 20075246
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