The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for low back disability, residuals of asbestos exposure, and residuals of exposure to toxic materials are not well grounded. The claim for service connection for an adjustment disorder is well grounded, and the veteran was granted service connection for dysmenorrhea.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was no evidence of a chronic condition in service or post-service medical records supporting these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability, residuals of asbestos exposure, residuals of exposure to toxic materials, adjustment disorder, dysmenorrhea
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 10, 2000
- Citation
- 0012357
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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