Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision 0705031
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence attributing any current skin disorders to service or to a service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- ulcers of the mouth, rash of the groin (candidal rash and dermatitis), rash of the chest (dermatitis or classified as a rash, tinea versicolor), rash of the back (dermatitis or classified as a rash)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 22, 2007
- Citation
- 0705031
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