The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a skin disorder, finding no evidence of current disability or nexus to service or herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion provided was speculative and did not establish a clear link between the veteran's current skin disorders and his service or herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- seborrhea of the scalp, chronic dermatitis, inverse psoriasis, tinea in the groin area
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 3, 2000
- Citation
- 0011711
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal to reduce the disability rating for inverse psoriasis, including subpsoriasis, from 10 percent to noncompensable is dismissed as it was only a proposed rating action.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an increased rating for chronic dermatitis, as the evidence did not support a rating in excess of 10 percent.
- Granted
The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from September 22, 2007 to December 18, 2015 due to the combined effects of his service-connected disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an increased initial rating for a skin disability, including chronic dermatitis, tinea pedis, xerosis and hyperkeratosis, to obtain additional medical evidence regarding systemic therapy and the degree of involvement of nonservice-connected disabilities.
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