The Board has denied all service connection claims except for the reopened claim for a psychiatric disability. The veteran's other claims were not granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support the presence of residuals from the claimed conditions or establish service connection based on exposure to lead, and the new evidence submitted was insufficient to reopen the previously denied claim for a psychiatric disability.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a heart attack, skin eruptions, bilateral toe fungus, blurred vision, residual of a foreign body in the eye, right foot arthritis with tendonitis and pain, syncopal episodes, inflammation of the knees, varicose veins, migraine headaches, a pancreas condition due to lead exposure, numbness, loss of feeling and loss of range of motion of the left elbow, wrist and hand
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2004
- Citation
- 0414224
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted a 50 percent rating for the Veteran's migraine headaches based on prostrating attacks occurring more than once a month and severe economic inadaptability.
- Granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches were granted a 50 percent disability rating, effective August 8, 2023, due to very frequent completely prostrating and prolonged attacks that are productive of severe economic inadaptability.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches with an initial rating of 50 percent effective from August 10, 2022, and denied the claims for service connection for a right knee disability, obstructive sleep apnea, kidney disability, low back disability, and erectile dysfunction.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for migraine headaches as proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected tinnitus.
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