The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for chronic lung and larynx disorders, finding no competent medical evidence showing a link between these conditions and his active duty service or herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing that the appellant has any of the listed diseases presumptively associated with herbicide exposure in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD), Leukoplakia of the larynx
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2009
- Citation
- 0915516
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an initial compensable evaluation of service-connected COPD to ensure a proper medical examination is conducted.
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