The Board has determined that the veteran's acne, a chronic condition, had its onset during service and continues to be present. Therefore, the claim for service connection for acne is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the veteran was diagnosed with acne in service and has continued to have symptoms since then, meeting the criteria for direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- acne
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 23, 2000
- Citation
- 0022321
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including bilateral plantar fasciitis, chronic pain syndrome, sciatic radicular pain of both legs, traumatic brain injury (TBI), shin splints of both legs, thoracic spondylosis, right shoulder strain, right wrist strain, acne, and allergic rhinitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for acne to obtain an addendum opinion addressing whether the Veteran's condition was aggravated by his service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disability, to include adjustment disorder with anxiety and depressed mood, but denied service connection for acne. The claim for hypertension was remanded.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and dismissed the claims for lumbosacral strain, migraine headaches, and acne. The claims for acquired psychiatric disorder and left wrist condition were remanded.
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