The veteran's claims for service connection for chronic asthma and allergies, hemorrhoids, tinnitus, and malaria have been denied. The Board found no new and material evidence to reopen the claim for asthma and allergies. Service connection was not established for hemorrhoids or tinnitus. Malaria is recognized but with no ascertainable residuals.
The deciding factor: The provided evidence did not establish a nexus between the claimed conditions and service, nor were there any significant changes in medical records indicating new diagnoses related to these conditions during active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"chronic asthma","status":"not established"}, {"condition_name":"allergies","status":"not established"}, {"condition_name":"hemorrhoids","status":"not established"}, {"condition_name":"tinnitus","status":"not established"}, {"condition_name":"malaria","status":"established with no residuals"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0612148
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What this means for you
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