The Board found that the appellant does not have lung, heart, blood, brain or right eye disability due to mustard gas exposure or other disease/injury incurred in service.
The deciding factor: No competent evidence was presented showing any current disabilities are related to mustard gas exposure or other incidents during active or inactive duty for training.
- Claimed conditions
- lung, heart, blood, brain, right eye
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 31, 2001
- Citation
- 0127813
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