The Board has granted service connection for comedones, and the Veteran's skin disability other than comedones to include a recurrent skin rash, and microhematuria are related to active service.
The deciding factor: VA examination confirmed that the Veteran's skin conditions were related to his in-service herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- comedones, recurrent skin rash
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 28, 2010
- Citation
- 1036770
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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