The Board has determined that the veteran's current skin disorder was not incurred or aggravated during active military service and cannot be presumed to have been caused by herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's current skin disorder to any incident, injury, disease, or exposure of active military service. The condition first manifested some 35 years after service separation.
- Claimed conditions
- pyogenic granuloma, acute suppurative and chronic granulomatosis folliculitis and perifolliculitis associated reactive dermal fibrosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0608113
What this means for you
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