The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a skin disability and kidney disability, both related to herbicide exposure. The evidence did not support a finding of service connection due to herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a link between the disabilities and herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- solar elastosis, benign lentigo, xerosis cutis, pruritus, nummular dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2017
- Citation
- 1719718
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