The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a skin disorder of the feet and a psychiatric disorder other than PTSD, as well as his claim for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for PTSD. The evidence did not support these claims.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence was against the presence of current disabilities related to service or service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disorder of the feet, psychiatric disorder other than PTSD
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2016
- Citation
- 1608786
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
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