The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for diabetic neuropathy, seborrheic dermatitis, and kidney stones as secondary to Agent Orange exposure due to a lack of competent medical evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
The deciding factor: The record did not contain any competent medical evidence that the veteran's disabilities resulted from disease or injury in service or as a result of Agent Orange exposure therein.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetic neuropathy, seborrheic dermatitis, kidney stones
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0010138
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