The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for polyneuritis/polymyositis and metabolic myopathy, finding no new and material evidence to reopen the former claim of service connection for polyneuritis/polymyositis. The Board also found that there was insufficient evidence linking the claimed conditions to service or herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a nexus between the veteran's current conditions and her period of active duty, including any potential herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- polyneuritis/polymyositis, metabolic myopathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2003
- Citation
- 0334836
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