The Board found that the appellant has not presented a well-grounded claim for service connection for degenerative changes of the lumbosacral spine and denied his increased rating claims. The COPD claim was also denied due to lack of full-body exposure to mustard gas or Lewisite during wartime service.,VA granted service connection for COPD based on the appellant's reported full-body exposure to mustard gas or Lewisite in service, but found that this exposure did not result in his current condition.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that there was no evidence of a nexus between the appellant's currently diagnosed degenerative changes of the lumbosacral spine and any injury or disease incurred in service or a condition noted in service with continuity of symptomatology thereafter.,VA found that the appellant submitted medical evidence of current COPD, but denied his claim based on lack of full-body exposure to mustard gas or Lewisite during wartime service.
- Claimed conditions
- Raynaud's syndrome, generalized anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2000
- Citation
- 0003603
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