The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions, including benign prostatic hyperplasia, defective vision (cataracts and glaucoma), cardiovascular disability, and arthritis, were not incurred or aggravated during his active military service. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence shows that the veteran's current disabilities did not manifest until many years after his discharge from service, and there is no medical nexus linking any of these conditions to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- benign prostatic hyperplasia, defective vision (cataracts and glaucoma), cardiovascular disability (atherosclerotic-ischemic heart disease), arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 3, 2004
- Citation
- 0411498
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What this means for you
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