The veteran's increased rating claim for left sural nerve disability was denied due to his failure to report for a scheduled VA examination.,Service connection for right leg disability and low back disability were both denied as the evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating these claims. Service connection for pulmonary fibrosis was also denied.
The deciding factor: The veteran failed to report for a scheduled VA examination, which is required by regulation.,There is no competent medical evidence linking the right leg disability or low back disability to service-connected conditions and there is no new and material evidence received to reopen the claim of service connection for low back disability. The pulmonary fibrosis was also found unrelated to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- left sural nerve disability, right leg disability, low back disability, pulmonary fibrosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2007
- Citation
- 0729885
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Veteran's pulmonary fibrosis is related to in-service exposure to herbicide agents, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.
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