The Board has vacated the July 20, 2021 decision as it pertains to service connection for allergic urticaria and VA compensation for an additional right hydrocele disorder. The Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of allergic urticaria, and there is no evidence that his additional right hydrocele disorder was caused by any fault on the part of VA in furnishing surgical treatment.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected eczema did not cause or aggravate his non-eczema skin symptoms, including hives/urticaria, which are required for service connection and compensation under 38 C.F.R. § 3.310(a).
- Claimed conditions
- Allergic Urticaria, Additional Right Hydrocele Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 22, 2021
- Citation
- 21076122
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