The veteran's skin disorders of the feet and recurrent hives are presumed to be due to an undiagnosed illness incurred in service. However, his numbness of hands and feet is also presumed to be due to an undiagnosed illness, but there was no evidence linking this condition specifically to service.
The deciding factor: The veteran's symptoms were found to be consistent with the presumptive provisions for undiagnosed illnesses incurred in service during the Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- Skin disorder of the feet (tinea pedis, tinea unguium and onychomycosis of the left great toenail), Skin rash manifested by recurrent hives, Numbness of the hands and feet
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2002
- Citation
- 0202383
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