The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed disabilities were not incurred or aggravated by service, and may not be presumed to have been incurred in service.
The deciding factor: Service records do not show any chronic conditions of the back, hips, or autoimmune disease during service. The disorders are not shown to have resulted from exposure to herbicides or other known risk factors.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Disabilities of the low back, upper back, and right and left hips"}, {"condition_name":"Autoimmune disease"}, {"condition_name":"Transient ischemic attack"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0637378
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What this means for you
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