The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence of current diagnoses related to the claimed conditions and no competent medical evidence of a nexus between these claimed disabilities and exposure to ionizing radiation in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Liver condition, Stomach condition, Pancreas condition, Gallbladder condition, Lungs condition, Heart condition with hypertension
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0005103
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What this means for you
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