The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for a liver disorder claimed as due to Agent Orange exposure, finding no evidence of current disability and noting that the appellant did not meet the requirements for presumptive service connection based on herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing the existence of a current liver disorder or any link between the appellant's alleged past exposure to herbicides and his claimed condition.
- Claimed conditions
- liver disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 25, 2002
- Citation
- 0208441
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