The Board has granted service connection for a skin disorder, diagnosed as eczema and dermatitis, which is found to be aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected PTSD. The claim for somatoform disorder remains denied.
The deciding factor: VA examiners have determined that the Veteran's somatoform symptoms are better accounted for by his service-connected PTSD, while his skin disorder has been linked to his service-connected PTSD and is found to be aggravated by it.
- Claimed conditions
- Somatoform Disorder, Skin Disorder (eczema, dermatitis)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- July 6, 2016
- Citation
- 1626960
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