The Board denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for a genitourinary disorder, cardiovascular disease including hypertension, and gastrointestinal disorder. The appellant did not provide sufficient evidence to establish these conditions were related to his military service.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence showing that any of the claimed conditions had their onset during or were otherwise related to active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- genitourinary disorder including prostatitis and epididymitis, cardiovascular disease including hypertension, gastrointestinal disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0605547
What this means for you
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