The Board denied service connection for soft tissue sarcoma, liver disease, skin rash, blood disorder (to include anemia), neurological disability with memory loss, arthritis, hair loss, and nervous condition all claimed as due to exposure to herbicides.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence of current diagnoses or a link between the claimed conditions and service, including exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Liver Disease, Skin Rash, Blood Disorder (to include anemia), Neurological Disability with Memory Loss, Arthritis, Hair Loss, Nervous Condition
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2007
- Citation
- 0700325
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