The Board denied service connection for a skin disorder, including as secondary to herbicide exposure. The Veteran's stasis dermatitis was not related to his military service or presumed herbicide exposure.,The Veteran's TDIU claim was also denied due to his ability to secure and follow substantially gainful employment.
The deciding factor: Service connection for the skin disorder, including as secondary to herbicide exposure, could not be established because there was no evidence of a nexus between the condition and service or presumed herbicide exposure. The stasis dermatitis was found to be related to his pre-existing vascular insufficiency.
- Claimed conditions
- Stasis dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20065962
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