The Board denied the claim for service connection for a skin disorder, diagnosed as dermatosis and unspecified dermatitis, finding no evidence of such condition during active service or any relationship to military service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the current skin disorder to the appellant's period of active service.
- Claimed conditions
- dermatosis, unspecified dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2003
- Citation
- 0301941
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What this means for you
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