The Board denied the appellant's claims of entitlement to service connection for alcoholism and carcinoma of the esophagus secondary to PTSD, as well as her requests for an initial rating for PTSD in excess of 50 percent and a total rating based on individual unemployability. The appeals were all denied due to lack of legal merit.
The deciding factor: The appellant's claims were legally insufficient or did not meet the criteria for service connection under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- alcoholism, carcinoma of the esophagus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 3, 2002
- Citation
- 0204109
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