The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions were denied as there was no evidence of current disabilities or continuity of symptoms since service, and the claimed conditions are not shown to be related to service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing current diagnoses or chronicity of any of the claimed conditions. The service treatment records do not show any respiratory disease, ulcer disease, prostate disease, colitis, back injury residuals, scars of the scalp, or dermatitis exfoliativa of the face during service. There is also no evidence of continuity of symptoms since service.
- Claimed conditions
- ulcer disease, respiratory disease (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), prostate disease, colitis, residuals of a back injury, scars of the scalp, dermatitis exfoliativa of the face
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 3, 2009
- Citation
- 0912442
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim due to a pre-decisional error in evaluating his service-connected disabilities and their impact on his employment. The AOJ will need to reassess these factors with an updated evaluation.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed all the issues of entitlement to a compensable disability rating or service connection for various conditions, as the Veteran withdrew his appeal prior to the promulgation of a decision.
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