The Board found that the veteran's claims for service connection were not well grounded, as there was no evidence of current non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or chloracne disabilities. The claims for direct service connection and secondary to herbicide exposure were denied.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not present competent medical evidence of a currently diagnosed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or chloracne disability, which is required for well-grounded claims under Caluza v. Brown.
- Claimed conditions
- non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, chloracne
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2000
- Citation
- 0003026
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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