The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's skin condition and left hip condition, finding that these conditions had their onset in service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the continuity of the veteran's current skin problems and left hip condition since separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- skin condition, left hip condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2000
- Citation
- 0008069
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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