The Board finds that the veteran sustained a low back injury during service and has current chronic low back disability. The skin disorder is found to be secondary to Agent Orange exposure.
The deciding factor: Service connection for the low back disorder was granted based on combat-related injury, while service connection for the skin disorder as secondary to Agent Orange exposure was denied due to lack of clear and convincing evidence against a finding of in-service incurrence or aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- Low Back Disorder, Bilateral Antecubital Fossa Rash (consistent with Tinea Corporis and Tinea Cruris)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2003
- Citation
- 0334800
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