The Board found that dermatitis of the feet was not incurred or aggravated in service and denied the veteran's claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: VA examiners determined that the current diagnosis of contact dermatitis is different from the tinea pedis diagnosed during service, and therefore not related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- dermatitis of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2008
- Citation
- 0809523
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