The Veteran is granted service connection for a breathing disability, specifically asthma or a restrictive lung condition. Service connection for alopecia areata is denied.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records do not provide clear evidence of an in-service diagnosis of alopecia areata and the medical opinion supports a diagnosis of androgenic alopecia (male-pattern baldness).
- Claimed conditions
- Breathing disability, Alopecia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2016
- Citation
- 1611398
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What this means for you
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