The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for trigeminal neuralgia with headaches and facial pain, sebaceous cyst, and benign prostatic hypertrophy with acute prostatitis, all claimed as secondary to herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The competent medical evidence of record does not support a finding that a relationship exists between the veteran's diagnosed conditions and his military service, to include alleged herbicide exposure therein.
- Claimed conditions
- trigeminal neuralgia with headaches and facial pain, sebaceous cyst, benign prostatic hypertrophy with acute prostatitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 13, 2008
- Citation
- 0815723
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Partly granted
The Board denied the claims for increased ratings and granted an initial 10 percent rating for sebaceous cyst, while remanding other service connection claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a need for an addendum medical opinion regarding whether any of the Veteran's skin conditions are related to his service, including Agent Orange exposure. The appellant contends that her husband had chloracne and other skin conditions as a result of herbicide exposure in Vietnam.
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