The Board reopened the claim for service connection for a skin disorder claimed as skin rash, but denied the underlying claim on its merits.
The deciding factor: The current skin condition was not related to in-service treatment or exposure to herbicides during service.
- Claimed conditions
- skin rash, tinea cruris, follicular prominence with pruritus, infected epidermal inclusion cyst
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2009
- Citation
- 0911361
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 325 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's tinea cruris was rated as noncompensable (0 percent) since the July 3, 2024 service-connection effective date. The VA examiner found that the condition affected less than 5% of his total body area and zero percent of exposed areas, thus not meeting the criteria for a compensable rating.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's skin rash is not service-connected, but his temporomandibular disorder (TMD) is service-connected. The TMD was found to be related to a dental procedure during service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to errors in duty to assist and other procedural issues.,Specifically, the AOJ failed to consider whether the Veteran was entitled to presumptions of soundness or aggravation regarding his skin rash condition.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for PFB, hypertension, and right knee degenerative arthritis. The claims for left shoulder disability and skin rash have been denied.
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