The Veteran's diabetes is granted service connection as it is etiologically related to his active duty service. The Veteran does not have a skin disability for which service connection is warranted.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for diabetes due to its presumed relationship with herbicide exposure, but the Veteran's skin condition did not meet the criteria for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- cyst
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2015
- Citation
- 1504209
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection for various skin conditions, hearing loss, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The Board dismissed the appeal due to the withdrawal.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication for the claims of service connection for left foot hallux valgus and tinea versicolor, but denied the claims for tinea corporis, tinea cruris, carbuncle, cyst, and scarring secondary to tinea versicolor.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for hair loss and a cyst, finding no evidence of current disabilities related to active service.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor. The claims for hair loss and a cyst were remanded.
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