The Board found that a skin disability was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service, including presumed herbicide exposure. The veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD is addressed separately and remanded.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing a chronic skin disability during service or within the presumptive period following service, and the Board found that any current skin disability is not related to service, including presumed herbicide exposure. The veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 50 percent for PTSD remains pending.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disability
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2006
- Citation
- 0617034
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