The appeal resulted in the reopening of a claim for service connection for a skin condition, but denied service connection for both the skin condition and bilateral hearing loss. Additionally, an earlier effective date was granted for an increased rating of 50 percent disabling for an acquired psychiatric condition.

The deciding factor: The Board found that new evidence had been submitted sufficient to reopen the claim for a skin condition, but there was no current disability to support service connection. Bilateral hearing loss did not meet the criteria for service connection as it did not manifest by specific auditory thresholds or speech recognition scores. The effective date for an increased rating of 50 percent disabling for an acquired psychiatric condition was granted based on evidence submitted prior to the appeal period.

Claimed conditions

skin condition, bilateral hearing loss

How they argued it

Reopened with new and material evidence

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

October 16, 2025

Citation

A25089146

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