The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection have been denied. The conditions claimed are presumed to be due to herbicide agent exposure, but no such evidence was provided or found in this case.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was received to reopen any of the previously denied claims, and the presumptive theory of service connection based on herbicide exposure could not be established as there is no evidence of record supporting a diagnosis of the claimed conditions during service or within one year post-service.
- Claimed conditions
- venous disorder of the lower extremities, cellulitis, skin disorder of the legs
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 1, 2005
- Citation
- 0518076
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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