The Board found that the veteran's skin disorder, including folliculitis, was not incurred or aggravated in active military service and may not be presumed to be related to such service based on herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: There is no chronicity of dermatological symptoms during service or for 20 years after separation, and the current condition of folliculitis did not exist at the time of service.
- Claimed conditions
- dry skin eczema, folliculitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2006
- Citation
- 0605086
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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