The Veteran's skin disability was not incurred or aggravated by service, including as due to an undiagnosed illness. The Board finds that the preponderance of evidence is against granting service connection for a skin disability.
The deciding factor: VA examinations and treatment records do not provide sufficient medical evidence to establish a direct relationship between the Veteran's current skin condition and his active service.
- Claimed conditions
- Skin disability, Undiagnosed illness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2009
- Citation
- 0946996
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