The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for asthmatic bronchitis and arthritis of the cervical spine, finding no evidence to support these claims. The claim for increased ratings for duodenitis with GERD was also denied.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a direct or secondary relationship between the claimed conditions and active service.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the cervical spine, asthmatic bronchitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 25, 2006
- Citation
- 0611837
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