The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a skin disorder and respiratory disorder, both claimed as due to undiagnosed illness. The skin disorder was found attributable to known clinical diagnoses, while the respiratory disorder was attributed to deconditioning and obesity.
The deciding factor: The veteran's skin disorder is attributable to known clinical diagnoses (recurrent folliculitis, seborrheic keratosis and recurrent intertrigo), not an undiagnosed illness. The respiratory disorder was caused by supervening conditions (deconditioning and obesity) rather than the undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- skin rash and bumps, respiratory disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2003
- Citation
- 0313646
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