The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions are not related to service and thus denied his claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not indicate a direct relationship between the veteran's current diagnoses and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes, major depressive episode with psychotic features, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), arthritis, dermatofibromas, seborrheic dermatitis of the scalp, rhinitis with chronic rhinorrhea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2002
- Citation
- 0203942
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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- Partly granted
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