The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including joint disease, skin disease, scleroderma, Raynaud's Syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), genetic damage with fragile X chromosome (FXC), a heart disorder, and defective hearing, were denied due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to his service or inservice exposure to Agent Orange.
The deciding factor: The medical records do not show any etiologically related disorders to the veteran's service or inservice exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- joint disease, skin disease, scleroderma, Raynaud's Syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), genetic damage with fragile X chromosome (FXC), heart disorder, defective hearing
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2000
- Citation
- 0005991
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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