The Board has determined that the Veteran's facial skin disorder, including residuals of impetigo, is not related to his service and therefore denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no in-service record of care or treatment for a condition of the face, no evidence of an in-service diagnosis or treatment for impetigo, and noted that it would be expected for the Veteran to have received in-service treatment due to his access to specialized care. The examiner also stated there was no objective evidence of record to support a history of a skin infection during service that was significant enough to result in scarring.
- Claimed conditions
- facial skin disorder, residuals of impetigo
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2017
- Citation
- 1700266
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