The Veteran's service connection claims for various skin conditions, nerve paralysis, hearing loss, and other disabilities were denied. The claim for a chronic skin disorder including chloracne was also denied.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a chronic skin condition in service or within the applicable presumptive period, and continuity of symptomatology could not be established.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Skin Disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2021
- Citation
- 21076727
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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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