The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic skin disability, including as secondary to herbicide exposure, finding no evidence of such condition during service and insufficient causal link between current symptoms and military service.
The deciding factor: No current skin disorder was found upon examination, and there is no relationship established between any diagnosed skin condition and the Veteran's military service or exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic dermatitis, dry skin
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20068005
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