The Veteran's skin conditions, acid reflux disorder, and vision problems are all found to be related to his active duty service. However, the Veteran's claims for athlete's foot and jock itch were not supported by credible evidence of current disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran provided credible reports of in-service symptoms but failed to provide credible evidence of current conditions for athlete's foot and jock itch.
- Claimed conditions
- Skin Disorder (pseudofolliculitis barbae and tinea versicolor), Acid Reflux Disorder, Vision Problems (myopia refractive error), Athlete's Foot, Jock Itch
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 16, 2014
- Citation
- 1422331
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