The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection are not well grounded and have denied them accordingly.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for any of the claimed conditions, including as a result of exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Ankle Disorder, Bilateral Foot Disorder (other than residuals of a right foot fracture), Gastrointestinal (GI) Disorder, other than hemorrhoids, Seizure Disorder (also claimed as blackouts), Cervical Spine Disorder, Peripheral Neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 6, 2000
- Citation
- 0023675
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