The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection for his claimed conditions, finding that the evidence did not support a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss or service connection for skin cancer, hypertension, COPD, or chronic bronchitis based on herbicide exposure. The veteran's current disabilities were found to be unrelated to service.
The deciding factor: The VA audiometric evaluations and medical records provided no evidence of the claimed conditions during service or within one year post-service, and there was insufficient evidence linking any current disability to service or herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- {"conditionName":"Bilateral Hearing Loss"}, {"conditionName":"Skin Cancer"}, {"conditionName":"Hypertension"}, {"conditionName":"Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)"}, {"conditionName":"Chronic Bronchitis"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2008
- Citation
- 0806632
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