The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including chest tumor with blood spots, abdomen and left shoulder tumors, neuralgia, pancreas disability, persistent cough, severe joint pain, peripheral neuropathy, actinic keratosis and skin cancer, diabetes mellitus, type II, memory disability, liver disability and possible cirrhosis, urinary disability, prostate disability, right leg disability, left knee disability, and right hip disability. The Board also denied an increased rating for the veteran's service-connected chronic muscular strain superimposed on degenerative instability with sciatica.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that any of the claimed conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service, nor was there sufficient evidence to establish a link between the veteran's service and these conditions. The veteran did not serve in Vietnam and therefore exposure to herbicides was not established.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic muscular strain superimposed on degenerative instability with sciatica, chest tumor with blood spots, abdomen and left shoulder tumors, neuralgia, pancreas disability, persistent cough, peripheral neuropathy, type II diabetes mellitus, memory disability, liver disability and possible cirrhosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2008
- Citation
- 0811474
What this means for you
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