The Board denied service connection for a skin disability, to include as due to exposure to Agent Orange, finding no evidence linking the veteran's current skin conditions to his military service or herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not attribute any current skin disabilities to service, and the veteran's claims were not supported by competent medical nexus evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- nummular eczema, tinea pedis, onychomycosis, seborrheic keratosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2009
- Citation
- 0900874
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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