The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for respiratory disease, multiple chemical sensitivity, and intracranial infections due to a lack of medical evidence supporting these conditions.
The deciding factor: There is no current medical evidence showing the veteran has any of the claimed disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory disease, multiple chemical sensitivity, intracranial infections
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2006
- Citation
- 0633045
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