The Board denied service connection for a skin disability, including acne, rosacea, seborrheic dermatitis, viral infection, scalp fungal infection, chloracne and skin cancer, due to presumed herbicide exposure during service. The Veteran's claimed conditions were not related to his in-service exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion found no current diagnosed skin disability that was related to service or herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- acne, rosacea, seborrheic dermatitis, viral infection, scalp fungal infection, chloracne, skin cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2021
- Citation
- 21007860
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