The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a skin disorder, including chloracne. The claim for service connection for pituitary gland dysfunction, to include microadenoma, is remanded due to inadequate etiology opinions.
The deciding factor: The provided opinions are insufficient and do not address all requested aspects of direct and secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disorder (chloracne), pituitary gland dysfunction (microadenoma)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2022
- Citation
- 22066853
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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