The Board has granted service connection for acanthosis nigricans of the neck, finding that it is at least as likely as not that the condition had its onset during a period of active duty for training (ACDUTRA) in service.
The deciding factor: The Board found credible the appellant's reports of having experienced symptoms since his military service and supported this with a current diagnosis of acanthosis nigricans, leading to a reasonable doubt in favor of granting service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- acanthosis nigricans
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 16, 2021
- Citation
- 21008401
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