The Board denied the claim of service connection for perivascular dermatitis, finding that it was not incurred or aggravated by active duty military service and did not have a relationship to herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: Service connection could not be granted as perivascular dermatitis is not a recognized disease for which VA allows presumptive service connection based on presumed herbicide exposure in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- perivascular dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2011
- Citation
- 1104711
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining service treatment records and a VA examination. The Veteran's skin disorder is being considered on its merits without any presumption or secondary connection to herbicide exposure.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a skin rash, finding that perivascular dermatitis is not a recognized disease for which VA allows presumptive service connection based on presumed herbicide exposure in Vietnam.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for residuals of perivascular dermatitis and assigned a noncompensable disability rating, which the veteran now seeks to increase. The VA determined that his condition warranted a compensable rating under the old criteria.
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