The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection are not well grounded and therefore denied. The veteran is currently rated at 50% for eczematoid dermatitis.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a current diagnosis of any of the claimed conditions, including psychiatric disorders, vision disabilities, stomach disorders, lymphadenitis, skin cancer, or headaches.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder, vision disability, stomach disorder, lymphadenitis, skin cancer, headache
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- May 12, 2000
- Citation
- 0012688
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- Remanded (sent back)
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