The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin disorder, finding that there is no evidence to support a nexus between his current skin disorders and military service.
The deciding factor: The most probative medical evidence does not reach the level of equipoise in supporting a causal relationship between any of the Veteran’s skin disorders and military service.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disorder, acne vulgaris, prurigo simplex, hordeolum externum, skin tag, tinea versicolor, seborrheic keratosis, lentigo, tinea cruris, excision of a left posterior auricular lipoma, actinic keratosis, pityriasis rosea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2020
- Citation
- 20077025
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