The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for multiple myeloma, back disability, gastroenteritis, pruritus, bronchitis, and fatigue, finding that these conditions were not incurred or aggravated by active duty service and are not otherwise related to such service due to lack of exposure to herbicides.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service records do not confirm his claimed Vietnam-era service in Korea. The Board found no evidence linking the veteran's multiple myeloma, back disability, gastroenteritis, pruritus, bronchitis, or fatigue to active duty service and did not find exposure to herbicides during such service.
- Claimed conditions
- multiple myeloma, back disability (including instrumented thoracic fusion, plasmacytoma of T4), gastroenteritis, pruritis, bronchitis, fatigue
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2007
- Citation
- 0702522
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