The Board found that the Veteran's skin disorders of the left hand and both feet did not have their onset in service or are otherwise related to his military service, thus denying his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The available STRs do not provide evidence of any skin conditions during service. The post-service medical records also fail to show a direct link between these current skin disorders and the Veteran's active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disability of the left hand, skin disability of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 28, 2011
- Citation
- 1116587
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