The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current right eardrum perforation or skin condition due to service, and therefore, denied both claims. The Board also found no link between the Veteran's skin conditions and exposure to herbicide agents.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show active skin conditions since 2005, and the examiner concluded that there was no link between the Veteran's contact dermatitis/eczema, tinea versicolor, tinea pedis, tinea corporis and tinea cruris and exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- Ruptured right eardrum, Skin condition (including as due to fungal infection in service and/or herbicide agent exposure)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2018
- Citation
- 1800771
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What this means for you
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