The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for pulmonary tuberculosis, back pain, chest pain, and loss of vision in the left eye due to a lack of current diagnoses or evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
The deciding factor: The medical records do not show any diagnosed disabilities related to the claimed conditions during service or within the required presumptive post-service period for certain diseases.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary tuberculosis, loss of vision, left eye, chest pain, back pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2004
- Citation
- 0400642
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
The Board denied the veteran's appeals for service connection due to untimely filings.
- Remanded (sent back)
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