The Board denied service connection for anemia and bilateral defective hearing, finding no current disability manifested by these conditions that can be related to service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence of a current disability manifested by anemia or bilateral defective hearing due to disease or injury incurred in or aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- Anemia, Bilateral defective hearing
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2002
- Citation
- 0213357
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What this means for you
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