The Board has determined that the veteran's skin rash warrants a 10% evaluation, but not more. The cardiovascular disorder claim is denied as there is no evidence of service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence establishing an etiological relationship between the current cardiovascular disorder and service or first manifest within one year following discharge from service.
- Claimed conditions
- Cardiovascular Disorder, Skin Rash
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2003
- Citation
- 0304848
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,242 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Search VA.gov for the original decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 0304848.
What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's skin rash condition, which was previously rated as noncompensable (0 percent), is now rated at 30 percent effective January 18, 2018. The rating decision also grants an earlier effective date of December 2, 2009.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development regarding her claims of service connection for various conditions, including PTSD, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, numbness in extremities, and a skin rash. The appeals are not related to service connection.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected chronic idiopathic anhidrosis (CIA) is currently rated at 20 percent, and his headaches associated with CIA are rated at 10 percent. The Board denied a higher rating for CIA and granted a separate evaluation of 10 percent for the headaches.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for HTN and skin rash, as well as service connection for a left big toe condition have been reopened. The Board has granted an increased rating of 10 percent for HTN from June 27, 2013, and has also granted service connection for the left big toe condition.
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