The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a skin disorder and for reopening his claim of entitlement to service connection for a positive tuberculin test. The Veteran did not have a diagnosed skin condition during service, and there is no evidence of a current disability related to herbicide exposure or service.
The deciding factor: The medical records do not support a direct link between the Veteran's current skin conditions and his military service, nor does any evidence suggest that he was exposed to herbicides in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- dishydrotic eczema, tinea on hands, skin erythematous with small fissures on fingernails, blistery rash
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 30, 2014
- Citation
- 1424359
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's anxiety disorder, short-term memory loss, joint and muscle pain, weakness and fatigue, dishydrotic eczema, and tinea pedis. The effective date is not specified.
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