The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for acne vulgaris and seborrheic dermatitis, finding that there was no current evidence of these conditions. The Board also found that secondary service connection to his already service-connected pseudofolliculitis barbae could not be established.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support the presence of active acne vulgaris or seborrheic dermatitis, and the Board resolved this doubt in favor of the veteran based on the possibility that these conditions may have been dormant at the time of examination.
- Claimed conditions
- acne vulgaris, seborrheic dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0635859
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