The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for COPD and skin cancer, finding that COPD was not incurred in or aggravated by active duty service and that skin cancer is not related to service. The claim for hearing loss of the right ear remains pending.
The deciding factor: COPD was not shown to be related to exposure to asbestos during service, nor are there any other medical records indicating its onset during service. Skin cancer is not presumed due to Agent Orange exposure or any other recognized cause. The Board found that new evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for hearing loss of the right ear.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of the right knee, Arthritis of the left knee, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Skin cancer
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2008
- Citation
- 0803831
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