The veteran's appeal for service connection for left leg/ankle swelling was withdrawn. The remaining claims were denied as there is no medical evidence of a causal link between the claimed conditions and any incident of service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence to support a causal relationship between the veteran's current conditions and her military service, with the exception of a positive PPD test which was not diagnosed as active tuberculosis.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg/ankle swelling, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, sleep apnea syndrome, chronic respiratory problems (allergic rhinitis, pharyngitis, coughing, sinusitis, wheezing), hypertension, positive purified protein derivative (PPD) tuberculosis test, fibromyalgia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2009
- Citation
- 0903693
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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