The veteran's mood disorder was not incurred in or aggravated by service, and is not proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected skin disorder. The RO must readjudicate the issues on appeal concerning the evaluations assigned for the veteran's skin disorder involving xerosis and dyshidrotic eczema.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding that the veteran's mood disorder is related to his service-connected skin disorder or any other condition.
- Claimed conditions
- mood disorder, eczema with xerosis and dyshidrotic eczema
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0621620
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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