The Board found no evidence to support the Veteran's claim of a skin disorder related to his military service, including as due to herbicide exposure. The VA examiner opined that there was no direct link between the Veteran's current skin disorders and his military service.
The deciding factor: The medical records do not show any connection between the Veteran's military service and his current skin conditions, which are variously diagnosed as dermatitis, pruritic pyoderma, Hailey-Hailey, psoriasis, lichen simplex chronicus with focal excoriation, erythroderma, Schamburg's Purpura, and nummular eczema.
- Claimed conditions
- dermatitis, pruritic pyoderma, Hailey-Hailey, psoriasis, lichen simplex chronicus with focal excoriation, erythroderma, Schamburg's Purpura, nummular eczema
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2009
- Citation
- 0912822
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