The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including alcoholism and a psychiatric disorder. The skin rash, optic atrophy of the left eye with vision loss and diplopia, pansinusitis with nasal polyps, traumatic nasal septal deviation, damage to the fifth and seventh cranial nerves, seizure disorder, headaches, chronic prostatitis, prostate and urinary infections, urinary tract blockage and non-specific urethritis, epididymal cyst of the right testis, and venereal disease were not found to be related to service or any service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a link between the veteran's conditions and his military service or any service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- alcoholism, psychiatric disorder (including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and depression), skin rash, optic atrophy of the left eye with vision loss and diplopia, pansinusitis with nasal polyps, residuals of a traumatic nasal septal deviation, damage to the fifth and seventh cranial nerves, seizure disorder, headaches, chronic prostatitis, prostate and urinary infections, urinary tract blockage and non-specific urethritis, epididymal cyst of the right testis, venereal disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 30, 2002
- Citation
- 0205601
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