The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a mediastinal mass (thymoma), claimed as due to Agent Orange exposure, finding that there is no competent medical evidence of current disability and thus denying the claim.
The deciding factor: There was no competent medical evidence showing the veteran currently suffers from a mediastinal mass (thymoma).
- Claimed conditions
- mediastinal mass (thymoma)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2005
- Citation
- 0507520
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- Granted
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- Granted
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