The Board found that the veteran does not have objective indications of an undiagnosed illness manifested by multiple joint aches or skin rash, and thus denied service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: There were no objective indications of chronic disability in the form of multiple joint aches or skin rash during the appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple joint aches, Skin rash
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2003
- Citation
- 0305099
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What this means for you
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