The Board has granted service connection for seborrheic dermatitis but denied service connection for residuals of head trauma.
The deciding factor: There is no credible evidence that the Veteran injured his head during an in-service fall and there is no competent evidence that he currently suffers from any residuals of a head injury.
- Claimed conditions
- seborrheic dermatitis, head trauma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2015
- Citation
- 1553706
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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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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
The appeal regarding entitlement to service connection for a skin disability is dismissed. The Veteran's seborrheic dermatitis and tinea versicolor are rated as noncompensable.
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