The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for conjunctivitis and pharyngitis, finding no current diagnosis of these conditions. The claim for a bilateral knee and lower leg disorder was also denied as not well-grounded.
The deciding factor: There is no current evidence of diagnosed conjunctivitis or pharyngitis in the appellant's medical records, nor any chronic form of these conditions during service or post-service.
- Claimed conditions
- conjunctivitis, pharyngitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2001
- Citation
- 0124516
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for conjunctivitis, dry eye syndrome, and pinguecula based on a finding that the conditions are related to active service.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for multiple conditions and denied higher initial ratings for several service-connected disabilities.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus but denied service connection for the remaining conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for keratitis and conjunctivitis due to insufficient efforts made to schedule a VA examination.
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