The Board has determined that the appellant does not have any of the claimed conditions until many decades after service, and thus cannot be presumed to have been incurred in or aggravated by service. The appellant's verified service with the recognized guerrillas is also not considered qualifying active military service for VA pension purposes.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a finding that the appellant has any of the claimed conditions until many decades after service, and thus cannot be presumed to have been incurred in or aggravated by service. The appellant's verified service with the recognized guerrillas is also not considered qualifying active military service for VA pension purposes.
- Claimed conditions
- arteriosclerotic heart disease (ASHD), osteoarthritis, malaria, peptic ulcer disease, malnutrition, dysentery, anxiety disorder, beriberi with swelling of the lower extremities, a chronic disability manifested by loss of memory, a chronic disability manifested by numbness of the body
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2007
- Citation
- 0708394
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