The Board has determined that the claims for service connection for interstitial lung disease, postoperative residuals of carcinoma of the colon, psychiatric disorder, loss of sense of smell, and arthritis are not well grounded. The appellant did not provide sufficient evidence to support these claims.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not establish a link between any of the claimed conditions and service or in-service exposures.
- Claimed conditions
- interstitial lung disease, postoperative residuals of carcinoma of the colon, psychiatric disorder, loss of sense of smell, arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 4, 2000
- Citation
- 0011738
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What this means for you
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