The Board denied the veteran's claims for a higher disability rating for his right wrist ganglion cyst and service connection for jungle rot. The veteran's current skin condition was not diagnosed, and there is no evidence linking his current symptoms to service.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient medical evidence to support the veteran's claim of a chronic skin condition (claimed as jungle rot) or to establish a link between his right wrist ganglion cyst and service.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent ganglion, dorsum of right wrist, chronic skin condition (claimed as jungle rot)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 1, 2007
- Citation
- 0723821
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