The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions of epistaxis, respiratory symptoms, dermatophytosis, and loss of dentition are not service-connected as secondary to herbicide exposure. The evidence does not support a finding of such connection.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing any chronic or significant injuries related to these conditions during the veteran's military service, nor has there been any indication that they were caused by herbicide exposure in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- Dermatophytosis (skin condition), Epistaxis (nosebleeds)/respiratory symptoms, Loss of dentition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 10, 2006
- Citation
- 0619910
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