The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for solar lentigos and keratoses of the forearms, finding no evidence linking these conditions to his military service. The psychiatric disorder claim was remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no medical evidence supporting a nexus between the Veteran’s current diagnoses and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- solar lentigos, keratoses
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20077720
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