The Board has determined that the veteran's skin condition, which is diagnosed as erythrasma, was not incurred in or aggravated by service and is not related to herbicide exposure in Vietnam. As a result, the claim for service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence of record suggesting current diagnoses of a skin condition or any listed disability related to service, including as due to herbicide exposure in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- erythrasma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2008
- Citation
- 0822206
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for tinea pedis, onychomycosis, and erythrasma as related to the Veteran's active duty service in 1974.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's skin disorder, including tinea cruris and erythrasma, is being remanded for additional development to determine the severity of his condition during flare-ups and provide a specific assessment of the percent of total body area affected.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and erythrasma have been granted effective April 26, 2018. However, the Veteran is not entitled to earlier effective dates for these conditions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the remand directives were not substantially complied with and thus the case is being returned to the RO for further development.
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