The Board denied service connection for neurosis, gout involving multiple joints, and herpetic keratosis of the left eye as these conditions were not shown to have their onset in or be related to active service.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence that any of the claimed conditions had their onset during service or were otherwise related to an incident of service. The veteran's psychiatric symptoms, gout, and herpetic keratosis did not manifest until after his separation from service, and there was no competent medical evidence linking these conditions to active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- neurosis, gout involving multiple joints, herpetic keratosis, left eye
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 28, 2008
- Citation
- 0810244
What this means for you
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