The Board found that the veteran's psychiatric and respiratory conditions are not related to his military service, leading to a denial of both claims.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show any link between the current diagnoses and the veteran's military service.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorders, respiratory disorders
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2006
- Citation
- 0624303
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What this means for you
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