The Board has determined that the Veteran's current skin disorders are not included in the list of diseases presumed to be due to herbicide exposure, and they were not manifest within one year of separation from service. As such, the claim for service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding of direct service connection as the Veteran's current skin disorders are not included in the list of diseases presumed to be due to herbicide exposure, and they were not manifest within one year of separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disorders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2016
- Citation
- 1631902
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