The Board finds that the Veteran's current skin disorders are not related to his military service, including exposure to herbicides. The preponderance of evidence is against a finding that any current skin disorder is due to in-service events.
The deciding factor: The June 2015 VA examination did not find any acne, chloracne, scarring alopecia, alopecia areata or hyperhidrosis. There was no evidence of ulceration, exfoliation, crusting, disfigurement, tissue loss, induration, inflexibility, hypopigmentation, hyperpigmentation or limitation of motion.
- Claimed conditions
- psoriasiform dermatitis, erythema multiforme
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2016
- Citation
- 1633232
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted a TDIU effective November 10, 1998. The Veteran's service-connected conditions of COPD, GERD, and skin disorders have rendered him unemployable since at least that date.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's psoriasiform dermatitis was granted a 60 percent disability rating, while the other issues were remanded for further development.
- Granted
The Veteran's erythema multiforme prevents him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation, and he is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
- Dismissed
The appeal was withdrawn by the Veteran, and therefore, the claim for an initial compensable evaluation for service-connected psoriasiform dermatitis is dismissed.
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