The Board found that the Veteran's skin rash was not incurred in or aggravated by his military service and denied both his skin rash and depression/sleep disorder claims.
The deciding factor: There is no credible evidence of Mustard Gas exposure during service, and there is insufficient medical evidence to establish a nexus between current skin rashes and service.
- Claimed conditions
- skin rash
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1029803
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What this means for you
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