The Veteran's skin disorder of the back and shoulders is not due to service or herbicide exposure, and there is no evidence of a continuity of symptoms since service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the Veteran's current skin disorders to his active military service or presumed Agent Orange exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- tinea versicolor, pruritus
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1016618
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for tinea versicolor, finding that the condition started during service and continued to present. The Veteran's statements were found credible in establishing a link between his service and the condition.
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