The Board granted service connection for skin dermatitis but denied an initial compensable rating for allergic rhinitis.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's skin dermatitis had its onset in service, and reasonable doubt was resolved in favor of the Veteran. However, the symptoms of the Veteran's rhinitis did not more nearly approximate greater than 50 percent obstruction of nasal passage on both sides or complete obstruction of nasal passage on one side.
- Claimed conditions
- allergic reaction, skin dermatitis (dermatitis), allergic rhinitis (rhinitis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25040741
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Decisions by this judge: 2,604 · Granted: 65% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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