The Board has granted service connection for a skin disorder of the scalp, finding that it had its onset during active duty service and resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's tinea capitis likely began during his deployment to Iraq and was not documented as such in service records. The lay statements from the Veteran and a fellow servicemember were considered credible, and the Board resolved all doubts in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disorder of the scalp
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2021
- Citation
- 21013407
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal of his claim for an increased disability rating for lumbosacral strain due to withdrawal by the appellant. The issue of entitlement to service connection for a skin disorder of the scalp was remanded.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin disorder of the scalp and granted it, finding new and material evidence to support the claim. The Veteran reported treatment shortly after separation from service and a continuity of symptoms since then.
- Denied
The Board found no current diagnosis of a skin disorder of the scalp and denied both service connection for this condition and a compensable evaluation for tinea versicolor.
- Denied
The Board has determined that there is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's current skin disorders of the hands, wrists, and scalp to his military service. As a result, the claim for service connection for these conditions is denied.
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