The Board found that the veteran's Goodpasture's disease was not incurred in or aggravated during service, nor may it be presumed to have been incurred in service as a result of exposure to herbicides.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's Goodpasture's disease with his exposure to herbicide agents used in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- Goodpasture's disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2003
- Citation
- 0317257
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