The Board has determined that there is no evidence of a separate ear or skin disorder causing fluid leakage from the Veteran's ears, and thus service connection cannot be established.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosis of an ear/skin disorder separate from the Veteran’s already service-connected dermatitis of the ears.
- Claimed conditions
- Ear disorder, Skin and/or neurological disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2021
- Citation
- 21000840
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Veteran's claims for reopening of her service connection claims have been successful, but the Board has not found that any new and material evidence has established a current disability or entitlement to an increased rating.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the appellant's PTSD warrants a 50 percent evaluation prior to May 15, 1995. The other claims for service connection were not granted.
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