The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions are not service connected, with no exposure to herbicide agents and no evidence of a nexus between his current condition and military service.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient medical evidence linking any of the veteran's claimed conditions to his active service or to inservice exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple joint and muscle pain of the shoulders, Multiple joint and muscle pain of the ankles and knees other than patellofemoral syndrome, Multiple joint and muscle pain of the low back with sciatic neuropathy, Coronary insufficiency, Subacute thyroiditis, Kidney stones, Enlarged prostate gland, Impetigo
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2005
- Citation
- 0527997
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for diabetes type II and kidney stones as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions began during active service, manifested within one year of service, or were otherwise related to an in-service injury, disease, or exposure.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for various conditions as they were duplicative of other appeals.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, an acquired psychiatric disability, to include PTSD, and kidney stones due to a pre-decisional error in satisfying statutory or regulatory duties.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions are remanded due to the need for additional development regarding in-service exposure and continuity of symptoms.
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