The Board found no evidence of a lung condition during service or within the first three post-service years, and thus denied the veteran's claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing a lung condition in service or within the required presumptive period following service.
- Claimed conditions
- Lung Condition, Pulmonary Tuberculosis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2005
- Citation
- 0500728
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