The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for conjunctivitis of the right eye and disability resulting from exposure to R-12 refrigerant, as well as her claim for a rating in excess of 40 percent for lumbar spine intervertebral disc syndrome. The decision is based on the lack of current evidence of these conditions.
The deciding factor: The medical records do not show current diagnoses of conjunctivitis or disability resulting from exposure to R-12 refrigerant, and there was no identified service connection for either condition.
- Claimed conditions
- conjunctivitis of the right eye, disability resulting from exposure to R-12 refrigerant
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2004
- Citation
- 0408356
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- Denied
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