The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including PTSD, tuberculosis, COPD, skin disorders, hepatitis, defective vision, and a blood disorder secondary to Agent Orange exposure. The decision is based on the lack of evidence linking these conditions to active service.
The deciding factor: No medical evidence linked the veteran's claimed conditions to his active service.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic-stress-disorder, tuberculosis, chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease (COPD), skin disease to include onychomycosis, tinea pedis, and eczema, hepatitis, defective vision, residuals of venereal disease, blood disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 30, 2001
- Citation
- 0121907
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for tuberculosis, bilateral hearing loss, and an acquired psychiatric condition due to conflicting evidence and need for further evaluation.
- Partly granted
The Board has granted service connection for hepatitis C and secondary service connection for cirrhosis of the liver, both determined to be related to in-service hepatitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the failure to schedule VA examinations related to his claimed disabilities. The Board finds that there was a pre-decisional error in not ensuring proper communication with the Veteran.
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