The Board has denied the appellant's claims for service connection for residuals of gunshot wounds to his right hand and thigh, tuberculosis, bilateral foot disability, and skin disability due to herbicide exposure. The hearing loss claim is also not established.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not establish that any of these conditions were incurred or aggravated by military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of gunshot wound of the right hand, Residuals of gunshot wound of the right thigh, Tuberculosis, Bilateral foot disability, Skin disability due to exposure to herbicides
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2003
- Citation
- 0331727
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