The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for his respiratory disability, finding that there was no evidence of a chronic condition during or after service and insufficient medical evidence to support a link between current conditions and Agent Orange exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no relationship between the veteran's current respiratory conditions and either service-connected postoperative residuals of a thoracotomy or Agent Orange exposure, and noted that there was no persuasive evidence of continuity of symptoms for many years after service.
- Claimed conditions
- bronchial asthma, pleural fibrosis, status post-pleural effusion of the right lung
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0636566
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