The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for herbicide exposure is denied. The appeal related to other issues, including a claim for an increased evaluation for back disability and claims for service connection for heart disability and hypertension.
The deciding factor: The veteran did not have service in Vietnam and does not meet the criteria for presumptive service connection based on herbicide exposure as defined by law.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar degenerative disc disease, degenerative joint disease, heart disability (including hypertension with tricuspid valve incompetence), diabetes
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0629685
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What this means for you
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