The Board of Veterans' Appeals denied the veteran's claims for service connection for skin disease (claimed as jungle rot), chloracne, and lymphoma, all claimed as due to Agent Orange exposure. The Board found that there was no competent evidence showing a current disability related to these conditions.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's current conditions to his service or any presumptive exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disease (claimed as jungle rot), chloracne, lymphoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2000
- Citation
- 0010930
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining additional medical opinions and private treatment records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for lymphoma, which is presumed to be non-Hodgkin's lymphoma due to in-service exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
- Partly granted
The appeal for readjudication of the claim of entitlement to service connection for vision loss has been withdrawn.,Readjudication of the claim for entitlement to service connection for asthma is granted, as new and relevant evidence has been received.,Readjudication of the claim for entitlement to service connection for hypertension is granted, as new and relevant evidence has been received.,Readjudication of the claim for entitlement to service connection for loss of taste (ageusia) and loss of smell (anosmia) is granted, as new and relevant evidence has been received.,The claim for entitlement to service connection for chloracne, to include as secondary to in-service herbicide exposure, is denied, as new and relevant evidence has not been received.,Entitlement to service connection for hypertension is granted pursuant to the PACT Act.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for lymphoma as there was no evidence of a current diagnosis.
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