The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for pulmonary coccidioidomycosis and a back disorder are not well-grounded, as there is no medical evidence linking these conditions to his active military service. The claim for secondary service connection for legs and feet condition due to exposure to ionizing radiation also lacks sufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claims lack credible medical evidence supporting the onset or causation of his claimed conditions in relation to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Pulmonary coccidioidomycosis, Back disorder (lumbar spine)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2000
- Citation
- 0016821
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