The VA denied the veteran's claim for service connection for renal insufficiency and monoclonal gammopathy, which he claimed was due to exposure to herbicides. The Board found no evidence of a disease listed in 38 C.F.R. § 3.309(e) that could be presumed to have been incurred due to herbicide exposure. The VA also noted that the veteran's monoclonal gammopathy did not progress into multiple myeloma, which is a condition for which there is presumptive service connection.
The deciding factor: The Board found no evidence of any disease listed in 38 C.F.R. § 3.309(e) that could be presumed to have been incurred due to herbicide exposure, and the veteran's monoclonal gammopathy did not progress into multiple myeloma.
- Claimed conditions
- renal insufficiency, monoclonal gammopathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0634383
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