The Board finds that the Veteran's claimed skin disabilities are not related to his military service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: Multiple VA examinations concluded that there is no evidence linking the current skin disability to service, including MRSA infections treated during service which resolved without complications.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent cellulitis, local skin infections, lymphadenopathy of axillae, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) of left elbow
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2016
- Citation
- 1603596
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