The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for back, right leg (third degree burns), bilateral hip, and mental conditions. The Board found that there was no in-service incurrence or aggravation of these conditions, and that any current disabilities are not related to service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's current back, right leg, bilateral hip, or mental conditions to his military service, including exposure to ionizing radiation, mustard gas, herbicides, or other chemicals. The preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding that these conditions are related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- back condition, right leg condition (third degree burns), bilateral hip condition, mental condition
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2008
- Citation
- 0819271
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