The Board finds no evidence of soft tissue sarcoma or other malignancy, and the current diagnosis is morphea. There is insufficient evidence to establish service connection for morphea as claimed.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's diagnosed condition (morphea) to his period of active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- morphea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2004
- Citation
- 0417224
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- Granted
The Veteran's diagnosed skin disorder, localized scleroderma or morphea, is considered to have been incurred during service due to exposure at Camp Lejeune. The Board found a balance of evidence in favor of the claim.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for morphea, finding that there was no evidence of a nexus between his current condition and his active duty service. The Board noted that the Veteran had an allergic reaction to the anthrax vaccine during service but did not have any visible skin reactions or symptoms related to the vaccine at separation. The Board also found that morphea is not an enumerated disease for presumptive service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions and missing private treatment records. The Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic skin disorder, which includes morphea, is pending.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical records and need for further examination regarding the Veteran's skin disorder, specifically scleroderma.
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