The Veteran's claims for a scar on the right calf, service connection for a skin disorder on the left hand due to herbicide exposure, and residuals of a head injury other than right ear hearing loss were all denied. The denial is presumed based on herbicide exposure in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence that the Veteran's current skin condition was related to his service or herbicide exposure, and concluded that any relationship to his 1971 head injury was not established.
- Claimed conditions
- scar on right calf, skin disorder on left hand, residuals of head injury
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 28, 2016
- Citation
- 1630247
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