The Board found that the veteran's current tinea versicolor is at least as likely as not related to his skin symptoms during service, and granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the post-service diagnosis of tinea versicolor is at least as likely as not related to the skin complaints and findings noted in the veteran's service medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disability, tinea versicolor
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2003
- Citation
- 0300926
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Decisions by this judge: 1,500 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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