The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for gastroesophageal reflux disease and hemorrhoids, finding that these conditions are attributable to his active duty service. The claim for a skin disorder of the right forearm is remanded due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no current disability related to the skin disorder of the right forearm but did not address the Veteran's exposure to hazardous materials during service, which could be relevant to the diagnosis and etiology of any potential skin condition.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disorder of the right forearm
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2017
- Citation
- 1759051
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