The Board has determined that the veteran's current skin condition, psoriasiform dermatitis, is not related to any service-connected or service-incurred conditions and thus denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a nexus between the veteran's current inflammatory dermatitis and any disease or injury in service, including his various manifestations of tinea.
- Claimed conditions
- psoriasiform dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2001
- Citation
- 0103088
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's psoriasiform dermatitis was granted a 60 percent disability rating, while the other issues were remanded for further development.
- Dismissed
The appeal was withdrawn by the Veteran, and therefore, the claim for an initial compensable evaluation for service-connected psoriasiform dermatitis is dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for eczematous dermatitis with urticaria, but has remanded the issue of service connection for a skin disability other than eczematous dermatitis with urticaria due to exposure to contaminants in water supply and hazardous fumes from gas, oils, and lubricants during service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin disability, finding that there was no evidence of current skin disabilities present during or within one year after service. The Board also found that any current skin conditions were not related to in-service herbicide exposure.
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