The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a bilateral foot disability, impotence, chronic liver disease and hepatitis B/C, venous insufficiency with deterioration of arteries, and non-specific urethritis and enlarged prostate. The evidence did not support these claims.,There was no direct or presumptive service connection found for any of the claimed disabilities.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a link between the veteran's current conditions and his military service, including exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot disability, impotence, chronic liver disease, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, venous insufficiency with deterioration of arteries, non-specific urethritis, enlarged prostate
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2008
- Citation
- 0805692
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