The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for periodontal disease, skin rash due to an undiagnosed illness, fatigue due to an undiagnosed illness, and memory loss due to an undiagnosed illness. The RO also denied his claim for a higher evaluation for his service-connected second degree burn scar on the right upper arm.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claims were not supported by new evidence that would warrant reopening them or by objective indications of chronic disability resulting from an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- periodontal disease, skin rash due to an undiagnosed illness, fatigue due to an undiagnosed illness, memory loss due to an undiagnosed illness
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2001
- Citation
- 0107486
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for periodontal disease and remanded the issue of a right knee disability for further development.
- Partly granted
The claim for service connection for a dental condition, to include periodontal disease, was reopened based on new and material evidence but not fully granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection of a dental disability for purposes of VA compensation and treatment due to an inadequate VA examination.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a dental disorder, diagnosed as periodontal disease, for compensation purposes, finding that the Veteran does not have a dental disability subject to service connection.
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