The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for multiple lipomas and chronic prostatitis, finding that there was no evidence of direct causation or a positive association with exposure to herbicides in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a link between the veteran's conditions and exposure to herbicides in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- Multiple lipomas, Chronic prostatitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2007
- Citation
- 0702709
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