The Board denied reopening and granting service connection for a skin disorder of the feet, including athlete's foot, due to exposure to herbicides in Vietnam. The decision is mixed as it addressed both direct service connection and exposure to herbicides.
The deciding factor: The veteran was presumed exposed to Agent Orange during his service in Vietnam but the Board found that there was no evidence linking his current skin condition to this exposure or to any other incident of service.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disorder of the feet, athlete's foot
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 23, 2002
- Citation
- 0212752
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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