The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a skin disorder and granted entitlement to service connection for hypertension, but only up to a 60% rating from January 15, 1999. The claim for higher ratings for hypertensive heart disease remains pending.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support the veteran's claims of in-service onset or undiagnosed illness due to service connection for his skin disorder and hypertension was only granted up to a 60% rating from January 15, 1999.
- Claimed conditions
- atopic dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- August 17, 2001
- Citation
- 0121075
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What this means for you
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