The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for liver condition, skin tumors, and multiple myeloma, all claimed as secondary to exposure to Agent Orange or other herbicides, due to lack of competent medical evidence connecting these conditions to his military service.
The deciding factor: There was no current disability found in the record that could be linked to the veteran's military service based on the provided information.
- Claimed conditions
- liver condition, skin tumors, multiple myeloma
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0016153
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What this means for you
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