The Board has granted service connection for a skin disorder, including chloracne and tinea conditions, as being related to the Veteran's military service. The issue of entitlement to service connection for a recurring rash is denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on exposure to herbicides during service, which is presumed due to Gulf War Syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- Favre-Racouchot/chloracne, tinea manuum and unguium, tinea pedis and tinea cruris
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2013
- Citation
- 1315798
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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.
What you can do next
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