The Board found that the veteran's claims for service connection were not well-grounded, as there was no medical evidence linking his current conditions to his active service or chemical exposure.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence of a nexus between any diagnosed condition and the veteran's active service or chemical exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- undiagnosed illness, migraine headaches, bronchitis, hearing loss, glaucoma, liver disorder, cardiac arrhythmia, chronic fatigue syndrome, hypertension, right wrist disorder (arthritis), chronic prostatitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 12, 2000
- Citation
- 0009784
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What this means for you
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