The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a skin disorder and arthralgia/tendonitis of multiple joints, finding that any in-service complaints were not chronic and resolved without residual disability.
The deciding factor: There is no indication of any chronic skin problems during service, and the post-service diagnoses are known clinical conditions rather than an undiagnosed illness.
- Claimed conditions
- Skin Disorder (including as due to undiagnosed illness), Arthralgia/Tendonitis of multiple joints (including as due to undiagnosed illness)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2003
- Citation
- 0332163
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