The Board denied the claims of service connection for lung, heart, blood, brain and right eye disorders, all claimed as secondary to exposure to mustard gas in service.
The deciding factor: The appellant was not shown to have been exposed to mustard gas during service, and his claimed conditions are not due to such exposure or any other event of the veteran's National Guard and Reserve service.
- Claimed conditions
- lung disorders, heart disorders, blood disorders, brain disorders, right eye disorders
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2005
- Citation
- 0506268
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