The Board has granted service connection for dental trauma to tooth number 8, and the veteran's claims for residuals of a back injury, left knee injury, spinal cord tumor, collapsed lung, and rectal bleeding and polyps are all denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for dental trauma based on wartime exposure. The other conditions were not supported by evidence linking them to service or any recognized presumptive exposure basis.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a back injury, left knee injury, spinal cord tumor, collapsed lung, rectal bleeding and polyps
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2004
- Citation
- 0406467
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