The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for various conditions, including back injury, facial or eye injury, cellulitis, ankle disability, exposure to Agent Orange, PTSD, jungle rot, and hearing loss. The denial was based on a lack of competent evidence supporting these claims.
The deciding factor: The veteran failed to report for multiple VA examinations scheduled in conjunction with his current claim, which were necessary to substantiate the service connection claims.
- Claimed conditions
- back injury, facial or eye injury, cellulitis, ankle disability, jungle rot, hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2001
- Citation
- 0120246
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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