The Veteran's lichen sclerosus disability and pain and discomfort are not service-connected, as the Board found no evidence of VA negligence or fault in causing his condition.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion provided by Dr. E. R.-S. concluded that the Veteran's lichen sclerosis was not caused by VA's carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault in furnishing hospital care or medical treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- lichen sclerosus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19179656
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Decisions by this judge: 1,858 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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