The veteran's skin rash and chronic cough are not considered to be manifestations of an undiagnosed illness, as they have been diagnosed clinically. Therefore, service connection for these conditions is denied.
The deciding factor: The veteran's skin rashes and chronic cough were found to be due to known clinical diagnoses (seborrheic hyperplasia and seborrheic dermatitis, and chronic bronchitis respectively), not an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- Skin Rash, Chronic Cough
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2001
- Citation
- 0120295
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The appeal concerning entitlement to service connection for PTSD was dismissed, and a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied. The chronic cough claim was remanded.
- Granted
The Board granted a rating of 30 percent, but no higher, for the Veteran's service-connected GERD based on considerable impairment of health.
- Granted
The Veteran's right shoulder condition is granted service connection. The evaluations for IVDS and sciatic radiculopathy are remanded. Service connection for chronic cough, sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and left shoulder condition are also remanded.
- Granted
The Veteran's skin rash condition, which was previously rated as noncompensable (0 percent), is now rated at 30 percent effective January 18, 2018. The rating decision also grants an earlier effective date of December 2, 2009.
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