The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for chloracne as a result of exposure to herbicides, finding that there was no current diagnosis or evidence of treatment within the one-year presumptive period following Vietnam service.
The deciding factor: Service connection could not be granted because there is no current diagnosis of chloracne and no evidence of treatment within the one-year presumptive period following Vietnam service.
- Claimed conditions
- Chloracne
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0621982
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What this means for you
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