The Board denied the veteran's claims for evaluation of allergic contact dermatitis and service connection for coronary arteriosclerotic heart disease, finding that the appeal was not well-grounded.
The deciding factor: The claim was found to be not well-grounded due to lack of evidence supporting the veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- allergic contact dermatitis, coronary arteriosclerotic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2006
- Citation
- 0607284
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