The Board denied service connection for tuberculosis and a disability manifested by occult blood/red blood cells in the urine or dysuria.
The deciding factor: There has not been shown, by credible competent evidence, that appellant has tuberculosis as a disease process or a disability manifested by occult blood/red blood cells in the urine or dysuria related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- tuberculosis, a disability manifested by occult blood/red blood cells in the urine or dysuria
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2005
- Citation
- 0527141
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