The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of exposure to asbestos and residuals of exposure to herbicides, including Agent Orange, as there is no evidence of current disabilities related to these exposures.
The deciding factor: The veteran failed to provide medical evidence of a current disability related to either exposure to asbestos or herbicide (Agent Orange) during service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of exposure to asbestos, residuals of exposure to herbicides
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0632782
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Decisions by this judge: 952 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed the Veteran's appeal due to a failure to timely file a Substantive Appeal regarding her service connection claims for Sjogren's syndrome, clinical depression, and residuals of exposure to asbestos. The May 2003 rating decision denying these claims is not on appeal.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran has withdrawn his appeals for the issues of service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, residuals of exposure to asbestos, and facet arthropathy at the level of the 5th lumbar vertebra and 1st sacral segment. As a result, these claims are dismissed.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's lung condition is found to be related to asbestos exposure during service, and the Board grants service connection for residuals of exposure to asbestos.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the grant of service connection for residuals of asbestos exposure was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous, thus restoring service connection.
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