The Board granted service connection for residuals of an acute encephalitic process possibly due to poliomyelitis and a skin rash due to Lyme's disease, effective from the date his claim was reopened in January 25, 1994.
The deciding factor: The veteran submitted new medical evidence indicating that his current symptoms are more likely than not related to service-connected conditions or exposure to known environmental factors (Lyme's disease and poliomyelitis).
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of an acute encephalitic process possibly due to poliomyelitis, skin rash due to Lyme's disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 27, 2000
- Citation
- 0002024
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