The Board denied service connection for a pulmonary disability, bilateral defective hearing, and impaired vision. The Board found no evidence of a chronic pulmonary disability related to service, no clinically demonstrated defective hearing for VA purposes, and no chronic acquired eye disability present in service or proximate thereto.
The deciding factor: There was not sufficient competent clinical evidence showing that the appellant currently has a chronic pulmonary disability related to service, nor did he have clinically demonstrated defective hearing for VA purposes. The Board concluded that the preponderance of the evidence is against allowance of these appellate issues.
- Claimed conditions
- Pulmonary disability (manifested by a positive PPD test and calcified granulomas on chest x-ray), Bilateral defective hearing, Impaired vision
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 20, 2004
- Citation
- 0419576
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