The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection due to a lack of competent evidence linking his current skin rash and undiagnosed illness to service. The symptoms were attributed to known diagnoses such as tinea cruris, seasonal dermatitis, folliculitis, and nummular eczema.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's reported hand rash could not be reliably linked to an undiagnosed illness due to its non-medical nature and lack of supporting medical evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Joint pain, Rashes, Disability manifested by memory problems, insomnia and fatigue
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2000
- Citation
- 0000711
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD, joint pain, and migraines due to the lack of evidence supporting a current diagnosis or a link to service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disorder (schizoaffective disorder with polysubstance use disorder in remission), and a low back disability. The claims for migraine headaches and rashes were remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for joint pain, including back and neck pain, and GERD due to a failure to develop evidence regarding potential exposure to toxic substances during service. The VA is required to conduct further development as per the PACT Act.
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