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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