The Board found that the veteran's Paget's disease and basal cell carcinoma of the nose were not incurred in or aggravated by military service, nor may they be presumed to have been incurred therein.
The deciding factor: Service medical records are silent for any complaints or clinical findings pertaining to either disability. The first diagnosis of Paget's disease is not found until 1978 and the first diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma on the nose is not found until 2001, more than 30 years after separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- Paget's disease, basal cell carcinoma of the nose
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0633355
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board grants service connection for Paget's disease, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a right thumb injury, Paget's disease, hypertension, erectile dysfunction (secondary to hypertension), and kidney disease (secondary to hypertension) as there was no evidence that any of these conditions began during active service or were otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis and Paget's disease.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of Paget's disease to obtain additional records and a dose estimate from the Under Secretary for Health.
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