The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for hypertrophy of the prostate due to Agent Orange exposure, finding that there is no evidence linking this condition to service or Agent Orange exposure.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show a link between the veteran's hypertrophy of the prostate and either active service or Agent Orange exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertrophy of the prostate
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 23, 2007
- Citation
- 0736783
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