The appeal to readjudicate service connection for a back disability was denied due to the lack of new and relevant evidence. The Board also remanded the claim for service connection for a skin condition, to include psoriasis.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted since the August 2013 rating decision does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim for service connection for a back disability and is therefore insufficient to reopen the claim. The Board remanded the skin condition claim due to a pre-decisional error in not obtaining a medical opinion on its nature and etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- back disability, skin condition, to include psoriasis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25101048
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