The veteran's claim for service connection for a skin condition as secondary to exposure to herbicide agents (Agent Orange) is denied. The claim for an increased evaluation of the service-connected hemorrhoids prior to February 1, 1998 is also denied.
The deciding factor: There was no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's current skin conditions or hemorrhoids to his period of service or exposure to herbicide agents in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- Skin Condition (Tinea versicolor, tinea cruris), Hemorrhoids
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0021426
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