The Veteran's service connection claims for a skin disorder and eye complaints as due to an undiagnosed illness are granted. The initial ratings for plantar fasciitis and pes planus of the left foot, as well as lumbar strain with degenerative arthritis, are also granted.
The deciding factor: Service records show chronic skin disorders in service, including diagnoses such as jock itch, paronychia, tinea pedis and cruris, eczema, folliculitis, cellulitis, herpes simplex II virus with repeat eruptions, chlamydia, dermatitis, fungal and/or yeast infection, hidradenitis suppurativa. Eye complaints involving floaters and bright flashes of light are attributed to an undiagnosed illness incurred in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Skin Disorders, Eye Disorders
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1044614
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