The Board has determined that the veteran's nonspecific dermatitis is related to service, but his skin tags are not. The Board granted service connection for the nonspecific dermatitis and denied service connection for the skin tags.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found a likely causal link between the veteran's nonspecific dermatitis and service, while finding no intercurrent cause for the skin tags that could be ruled out with any degree of medical certainty.
- Claimed conditions
- dermatitis of a nonspecific nature, skin tags
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 2, 2003
- Citation
- 0322412
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What this means for you
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