The Board granted service connection for systemic skin rashes and chronic, systemic joint pain as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected Crohn's disease.
The deciding factor: The evidence was approximately balanced on whether the conditions were proximately due to or the result of his service-connected disabilities, but resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran, the criteria for secondary service connection were met.
- Claimed conditions
- Systemic skin rashes to the scalp, face, neck, ears, legs, hands, chest, groin, and stomach from dermatitis / eczema, acne rosacea, dermatophytosis, vitiligo, and hyperhidrosis, Chronic, systemic joint pain to the neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hands, fingers, hips, knees, ankles, feet, and toes
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2024
- Citation
- 24004372
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.
What you can do next
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