Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection, DEA effective date, and TDIU due to an inadequate medical opinion regarding the skin conditions.
The deciding factor: The September 2024 VA medical examiner's opinion was found inadequate as it misapplied the legal requirements of service connection and did not address in-service sun exposure adequately.
- Claimed conditions
- vitiligo, cutaneous lupus erythematosus, hyperkeratosis, focal epidermal atrophy, hyper granulosis, mid perivascular lymphocytic infiltrate
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 19, 2025
- Citation
- 25002407
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