The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a skin condition other than chloracne and an increased rating for his service-connected chloracne.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a nexus between the veteran's claimed non-chloracne skin disabilities and his military service, including presumed exposure to herbicides in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- xerosis, chronic eczematous dermatitis, subacute chronic psoriasiform spongitic dermatitis compatible with subacute contact dermatitis with eosinophilia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0615226
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What this means for you
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