The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for weakness, loss of concentration, a skin rash, sinus arrhythmia, and hot and cold sensitivity, all to include as secondary to herbicide exposure in Vietnam. The effective date for the grant of service connection for PTSD is set at December 29, 2000.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding that any of the veteran's claimed conditions are related to his military service or herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- weakness, loss of concentration, skin rash, sinus arrhythmia, hot and cold sensitivity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2004
- Citation
- 0400955
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