The Board has reopened the claims of service connection for bilateral knee disorder, right eye disorder, and scabies. The veteran's current evidence is sufficient to establish that he had a history of scabies in service but no current disability attributable to it.
The deciding factor: The most recent VA examination found no evidence of current scabies or residual disability from the veteran's reported past episode of scabies during service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee disorder, right eye disorder, scabies
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2002
- Citation
- 0216391
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