The Board denied service connection for psoriasis, eczema, and tinea pedis as claimed. The claim of service connection for hypertension due to herbicide exposure is remanded.,The Veteran's hypertension was not found to be related to his diabetes mellitus or presumed herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions did not find a nexus between the Veteran’s psoriasis, eczema, and tinea pedis and service. The Veteran's hypertension is not considered presumptively connected to herbicide exposure.,Further development of the claim for hypertension as due to diabetes mellitus or presumed herbicide exposure is needed.
- Claimed conditions
- psoriasis, eczema, tinea pedis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19194244
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- Remanded (sent back)
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