The Board denied service connection for a skin rash and cardiovascular disability, finding that the evidence did not support a link to military service.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence linking current skin rash or cardiovascular disability to service, including inservice exposure to jet fuel.
- Claimed conditions
- skin rash, cardiovascular disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0638136
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Decisions by this judge: 386 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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