The Board found no evidence of a current upper respiratory disorder related to active service and denied the veteran's claim.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence indicating that the veteran had any chronic upper respiratory disorder during his active service or that it was incurred therein.
- Claimed conditions
- upper respiratory disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2002
- Citation
- 0217808
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for an upper respiratory disorder, to include as due to exposure to environmental hazards during the Persian Gulf War, as there was no current diagnosis of such a condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to outstanding medical records and the need for a new VA examination and opinion. The Veteran's claim is being reviewed again as he seeks service connection for an upper respiratory disorder, claimed as sinusitis.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a sleep disorder (including obstructive sleep apnea) and an upper respiratory disorder (including sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, and seasonal allergies), finding that the Veteran did not have current diagnoses of these conditions. The Board also found no evidence to support presumptive service connection due to exposure to fine particulate matter.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal, satisfied with the recent rating decision that granted service connection for multiple disabilities previously on appeal.
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