The Board found insufficient evidence to support the claim of service connection for diphtheria, as there is no current diagnosis or link between the claimed condition and service. The appellant's testimony was not considered sufficient medical evidence.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence relating any current disability to service connection for diphtheria.
- Claimed conditions
- diphtheria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0017803
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