The Board denied service connection for joint pain, recurrent skin disorder, and psychiatric disability (anxiety and depression) as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were incurred or aggravated during active service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current symptoms of joint pain, recurrent skin disorder, and psychiatric disability are not linked to his military service due to lack of documented in-service injury or disease and insufficient medical nexus between current conditions and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Joint pains, Recurrent skin disorder, Psychiatric disability (anxiety and depression)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20080172
What this means for you
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