The Board found no evidence linking the veteran's current chronic condition to his service, including any herbicide exposure. As a result, the claim for service connection was denied.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence establishing a nexus between the veteran's current chronic condition and his period of active duty service or presumed herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- sore throat, cough
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2004
- Citation
- 0415635
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What this means for you
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a sore throat and remanded the claims for a low back disability and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to inadequate medical evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for service connection for a cough to afford him a VA examination due to his reported ongoing symptoms and conceded burn pit exposure.
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