The Veteran's skin disability was not found to be related to service, including exposure at Camp Lejeune.,The Veteran's respiratory disability (asthma/COPD) was also not found to be related to service.
The deciding factor: New evidence showed current diagnoses of the conditions and established that they were not incurred in or aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Skin disability","claimed_conditions":["Actinic keratosis","Seborrheic keratosis","Lichen simplex chronicus","Possible dermatomycosis","Probable neurogenic pruritis"]}, {"condition_name":"Respiratory disability","claimed_conditions":["Asthma/Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)"]}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19161887
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