The Board denied service connection for psoriasiform dermatitis and cholinergic urticaria, finding that the Veteran's current skin conditions are not related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion determined that the Veteran's current skin conditions did not originate in service or due to exposure to environmental factors during service.
- Claimed conditions
- psoriasiform dermatitis, cholinergic urticaria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2013
- Citation
- 1308715
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's psoriasiform dermatitis was granted a 60 percent disability rating, while the other issues were remanded for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, as a statement of the case has not yet been issued.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a skin disability (cholinergic urticaria) prior to August 10, 2022, to obtain an addendum opinion regarding whether the Veteran's skin disability is related to her service.
- Dismissed
The appeal was withdrawn by the Veteran, and therefore, the claim for an initial compensable evaluation for service-connected psoriasiform dermatitis is dismissed.
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