The Board finds that the veteran's arthropod bite allergy, with post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, may be service-connected as it is reasonable to infer that the condition was incurred during military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in relative equipoise regarding whether the veteran's current skin allergies are due to a post-service arthropod bite he asserts occurred during military service.
- Claimed conditions
- arthropod bite allergy, post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2005
- Citation
- 0500213
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- Denied
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