The Board finds that the Veteran has a chronic variously diagnosed skin disability that became manifest in service and persists to the present time, thus granting service connection.
The deciding factor: Service connection is granted based on evidence showing a current diagnosis of a skin disorder (rosacea and seborrheic dermatitis), continuity of symptomatology since service, and credible lay testimony supporting these findings.
- Claimed conditions
- Rosacea, Seborrheic Dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 21, 2015
- Citation
- 1553137
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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.
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