The Board found that the veteran's premature loss of hair was not incurred in or aggravated by active service, nor may it be presumed to have been incurred therein. The preponderance of evidence is against the claim.
The deciding factor: VA regulations do not provide for a presumption of service connection for premature loss of hair due to herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Premature loss of hair
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 11, 2001
- Citation
- 0113501
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