The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for granuloma annulare, finding that it was not due to an undiagnosed illness and thus decided on the merits.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not find a link between the veteran's condition and his military service or any specific exposure basis.
- Claimed conditions
- granuloma annulare
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2008
- Citation
- 0837128
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
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 determined that new and relevant evidence supports the Veteran's claim for service connection for granuloma annulare, including as due to herbicide exposure. The Veteran was presumed exposed to herbicides during his military service, and a VA examiner concluded that his current condition is related to this exposure.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted initial disability ratings of 30 percent for chronic sinusitis, 50 percent for migraine headaches, 40 percent for a lumbosacral strain, 20 percent for a cervical strain, and 10 percent for granuloma annulare from May 1, 2023 to January 23, 2024.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted the reopening of the claim for service connection for a skin disorder and has also granted secondary service connection for this condition due to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus type II. The skin disorder is currently diagnosed as granuloma annulare, tinea pedis, tinea unguium, and dermatophytosis.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claims for an effective date prior to September 20, 2012, for increased evaluations of her service-connected granuloma annulare and lichen sclerosis with pruritus ani, small anal skin tags, and hemorrhoids are denied as there is no evidence of increase in disability within one year prior to the filing of her claims.
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