The Board has determined that the appellant's Schamberg's disease, claimed as a bilateral leg rash, was incurred in active service and grants the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The private doctor's statement provided evidence of a causal nexus between the appellant's initial rash complaints during service and his current diagnosis of Schamberg's disease. The Board gave the benefit of doubt to the appellant based on this evidence, resolving the issue in favor of granting service connection for Schamberg's disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Schamberg's disease, bilateral leg rash
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0607982
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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