The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for multiple seborrhea keratoses due to herbicide exposure and for an evaluation in excess of 20 percent for osteoarthritis of multiple joints, finding that there was no well-grounded evidence supporting these claims.
The deciding factor: The veteran failed to submit competent medical evidence establishing a link between his current conditions and his period of service or any inservice events.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple seborrhea keratoses, Osteoarthritis of multiple joints
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0002428
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