The Board found no evidence of soft tissue sarcoma in service or post-service, and thus denied the claim for service connection as secondary to Agent Orange exposure.
The deciding factor: There was no objective medical evidence of a current disability (soft tissue sarcoma) that could be linked to service, including presumed exposure to herbicides like Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- soft tissue sarcoma
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 30, 2001
- Citation
- 0119587
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What this means for you
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