The Board has determined that service connection is not warranted for any of the claimed disabilities, including those related to herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding of in-service incurrence or aggravation of any of the claimed conditions, and there is no medical nexus linking these conditions to service.
- Claimed conditions
- skin rashes, neuropathy of the hands, neuropathy of the feet, high triglycerides and high cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes mellitus Type II, urinary disability, migraine headaches, bilateral eye disability, erectile dysfunction, prostate disability, kidney disability, respiratory disability (claimed as coughing up phlegm), low back disability, neck/upper back disability, left knee disability, fallen arch of the right foot, blood pooling in the feet, neuroarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 4, 2007
- Citation
- 0731363
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