The Board found that the Veteran's hives and rash on extremities and face were not incurred in or aggravated by service, as they have been attributed to known diagnoses. Service connection for these conditions was denied.
The deciding factor: The symptoms of hives and rash on extremities and face are attributable to known clinical diagnoses (chronic urticaria, seborrhea, and folliculitis) rather than an undiagnosed illness or a chronic multi-symptom illness.
- Claimed conditions
- hives, rash on extremities and face
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 6, 2010
- Citation
- 1013010
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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